That's a great one Laurie-! Thanks-! On Jul 18, 5:45 pm, Laurie Ann Poole <[email protected]> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: gloria williams <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 10:42 PM > Subject: FW: Were they insane and are we still that way? > To: alice <[email protected]>, amy walker <[email protected]>, > apolinary <[email protected]>, betty esky <[email protected]>, > Beverly Jacobson <[email protected]>, brhma mehrotra < > [email protected]>, Danuta Kania <[email protected]>, dee < > [email protected]>, Diane Martin <[email protected]>, don cutler < > [email protected]>, emma <[email protected]>, gokul < > [email protected]>, greg peterson <[email protected]>, jaffar < > [email protected]>, Janet Cumming <[email protected]>, janie < > [email protected]>, Johnny Duran <[email protected]>, kate < > [email protected]>, kuljit <[email protected]>, Laurie Ann < > [email protected]>, nancy acevedo <[email protected]>, Narendra < > [email protected]>, nessa <[email protected]>, Sara Williams < > [email protected]>, Zack <[email protected]> > > *Were they insane and are we still that way?* > > 'Courage in women is often mistaken for insanity.' This is the story of > our Mothers and Grandmothers who lived only 90 years ago. > > Remember, it was not until 1920 that women were granted the right to go to > the polls and vote. > > The women were innocent and defenseless, but they were jailed nonetheless > for picketing the White House, carrying signs asking for the vote. And by > the end of the night, they were barely alive. Forty prison guards wielding > clubs and their warden's blessing went on a rampage against the 33 women > wrongly convicted of 'obstructing sidewalk traffic.' > > (Lucy Burns) > They beat Lucy Burns, chained her hands to the cell bars above > her head and left her hanging for the night, bleeding and gasping > for air. > > (Dora Lewis) > They hurled Dora Lewis into a dark cell, smashed her head against an iron > bed and knocked her out cold. Her cellmate, Alice Cosu, thought Lewis was > dead and suffered a heart attack. > Additional affidavits describe the guards grabbing, dragging, beating, > choking, slamming, pinching, twisting and kicking the women. > Thus unfolded the 'Night of Terror' on Nov. 15, 1917, when the warden at > the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia ordered his guards to teach a lesson to > the suffragists imprisoned there because they dared to picket Woodrow > Wilson's White House for the right to vote. > For weeks, the women's only water came from an open pail. Their food -- all > of it colorless slop -- was infested with worms. > > (Alice Paul) > When one of the leaders, Alice Paul, embarked on a hunger strike, > they tied her to a chair, forced a tube down her throat and poured > liquid into her until she vomited. She was tortured like this for weeks > until word was smuggled out to the press. > So, refresh my memory. Some women won't vote this year because - > - why, exactly? We have carpool duties? We have to get to work? > Our vote doesn't matter? It's raining? > > Mrs. Pauline Adams in the prison garb she wore while serving a sixty-day > sentence. > > See the HBO movie 'Iron Jawed Angels.' It is a graphic depiction of the > battle these women waged so that we can pull the curtain at the polling > booth and have our say. > > Berthe Arnold, CSU graduate > > What would those women think of the way we use, or don't use, our right to > vote? All of us take it for granted now, not just younger women, but those > of us who did seek to learn. I wish all history, social studies and > government teachers would include the HBO movie in their curriculum I want > it shown on Bunco night, too, and anywhere else women gather. I realize this > isn't our usual idea of socializing, but we are not voting in the numbers > that we should be. > > Conferring over ratification [of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. > Constitution] at [National Woman's Party] headquarters, Jackson Pl [ace] > [Washington , D.C. ]. > > L-R Mrs. Lawrence Lewis, Mrs. Abby Scott Baker, Anita Pollitzer, Alice > Paul, Florence Boeckel, Mabel Vernon (standing, right). > > It was jarring to watch Woodrow Wilson and his cronies try to persuade a > psychiatrist to declare Alice Paul insane so that she could be permanently > institutionalized. And it is inspiring to watch the doctor refuse. Alice > Paul was strong, he said, and brave. That didn't make her crazy. The doctor > admonished the men: 'Courage in women is often mistaken for insanity.' > > We need to get out and vote and use this right that was fought so hard for > by these very courageous women. Whether you vote democratic, republican or > independent - remember to vote. > > Helena Hill Weed, Norwalk , Conn. Serving 3 day sentence in D.C. prison for > carrying banner, 'Governments derive their just powers from the consent of > the governed.' > > *And Congress gets upset about "torture" of the Iraqis when this was done to > USA citizens IN THE USA!* > > ------------------------------ > > ------------------------------ > The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with > Hotmail. 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