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The Suffragist

Type	Weekly newspaper
Publisher	Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage
Founded	November 15, 1913
Political alignment	Women
Language	English
Ceased publication	1921

The Suffragist was a newspaper published every week. It was started in 1913 by the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. This group wanted to help women get the right to vote, which is also called women's suffrage.

The newspaper began as a small idea for a pamphlet. But it quickly grew into a larger, eight-page newspaper. The very first issue came out on November 15, 1913.

What Was The Suffragist Newspaper?
- How Did The Suffragist Help Women Vote?
  - Who Created the Art for The Suffragist?
- Important Editors of The Suffragist
What Happened After Women Could Vote?
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What Was The Suffragist Newspaper?

The Suffragist was a special newspaper created to support women's right to vote. It was founded by Alice Paul, a key leader in the suffrage movement. Rheta Childe Dorr was its first editor.

The main goal of the newspaper was to share political news important to women. It also aimed to push for a new law that would give women the right to vote across the entire country. This newspaper helped the leaders and supporters of the movement talk to each other directly. They didn't have to rely on other news sources.

How Did The Suffragist Help Women Vote?

For six years, The Suffragist played a very important part in the fight for women's voting rights. It showed the public what was happening. It reported on protests and when suffragists were arrested.

The newspaper used many ways to share its message. It had news stories and opinion pieces. It also featured political cartoons, drawings, photos, essays, and poems. These all helped to convince people to support women's suffrage.

Who Created the Art for The Suffragist?

Each issue of The Suffragist usually had a full-page cartoon on its cover. Most of these powerful cartoons were drawn by an artist named Nina E. Allender. She drew suffragists as young, beautiful, brave, and smart women. This helped change how people viewed women fighting for their rights.

The third page of the newspaper always showed the exact words of the proposed federal suffrage amendment. This was the law that would give women the right to vote. It also included at least one editorial, which is an article expressing the newspaper's opinion.

Important Editors of The Suffragist

In 1914, Alice Paul and Lucy Burns were the editors of the newspaper. Later, in 1917, Edith Houghton Hooker became the official editor.

In 1917, the National Woman's Party (NWP) started protesting outside the White House. Many of these women were arrested. The Suffragist newspaper helped show the public how these women were being treated. It shed light on their struggles and their dedication.

What Happened After Women Could Vote?

The Suffragist stopped being published after the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was passed. This amendment finally gave women the right to vote. The last issue of The Suffragist came out in January 1921.

After the Nineteenth Amendment became law in 1919, the newspaper started up again with a new name: Equal Rights. This was the official magazine of the National Woman's Party from 1923 until 1954.

Equal Rights had a similar purpose to The Suffragist. However, its main focus was on the Equal Rights Amendment. This new amendment aimed to ensure equal rights for all Americans, regardless of sex. The magazine also covered other laws that affected women, like rules about work, citizenship, and serving on juries.