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Woman Forever

1916 Songsheet Cover

An image from a 1916 songsheet cover, reflecting the mood of at least some part of the American population.
Woman Forever songsheet cover

Songsheet cover from 1916 honors Woman Forever

© 2007 by Dover Publications, Inc. Used with permission.
Four pillars and four women represent Liberty, Equality, Justice and Victory. 1916 was the same year that the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage reconstituted itself as the National Woman's Party, headed by Alice Paul. The rival National American Woman Suffrage Association, headed by Carrie Chapman Catt, also worked for woman suffrage, but using less militant means. By 1916, many saw the end of the long suffrage battle in sight.

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