jan 1, 1913 - Alice Paul and Lucy Burns form the National Women's Party/
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Alice Paul and Lucy Burns form the Congressional Union to work toward a federal amendment that would give women the vote. The group later is renamed the National Women's Party (NWP). Members picket the White House and in 1917 over 200 NWP supporters are arrested; some go on hunger strikes and are force-fed.
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