The original caption for this photograph reads: Suffragists picket the White House. Photo shows suffragists, carrying banner, on picket duty at the east entrance of the White House, Washington, District of Columbia.
Frustrated with President Woodrow Wilson’s inaction on woman suffrage, the National Woman’s Party picketed the White House. The protesters demonstrated for nearly 30 months until Congress passed a joint resolution proposing a 19th amendment on June 4, 1919.
