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女性投票权游行的活动替1913年威尔逊的就职大典蒙上阴影
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汤玛士．伍德罗．威尔逊 (Thomas
Woodrow Wilson) 出生
1856年12月28日
有关女性投票权的议题从威尔逊上任之初就开始发酵。当时「全国妇女党」 (National
Women’s Party) 在威尔逊就职的前一天，于华盛顿特区举办了一场投票权大游行。这场游行吸引了许多原本要欣赏就职活动的群众，带领游行的领队想要对这位新总统施压，希望他能够重视女性投票权的问题。据说，当威尔逊到达的时候，整条街上是空荡荡的，连一个欢迎他的人都没有。后来才有人跟他说，群众都跑去宾州大道看游行了。后来到了1920年，在威尔逊第二任总统任期退出之前，他和国会一致通过美国宪法第19号修正案，赋予妇女投票的权利。
The issue of women's suffrage (right to vote) confronted Wilson right from the start. The National Women's Party organized a suffrage parade in Washington, D.C., the day before Wilson's inauguration. Drawing away the crowds from inaugural events, leaders hoped to put pressure on the new president to pay attention to women's rights. It is said that when Wilson arrived in town he found the streets empty, instead of full with welcoming crowds, and was told that everyone was on Pennsylvania Avenue watching the parade. Before the end of his second term in 1920, Wilson and Congress approved the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote.
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