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President Wilson addressed congress in 1917 to seek declaration of war against Germany in order to make "the world safe for democracy". Although, Wilson's words indicate that democracy was a crucial factor for American entry into War World I, the notion of American ideals of democracy were challenged by American women's demand to vote. The United States was at first natural about War World I, the neutrality lasted for three staggering years. However, two events embarked a reaction from the United States. Firstly, German aggression against American ships which triggered a shift of the government and public minds "but after Germany started sinking American ships with unrestricted submarine warfare in January of 1917, and after the Zimmerman …show more content…

In the posters, the Germans are displayed as barbaric, and blood thirsty, and the American soldiers are portrayed as heroic and saviors of democracy. Although American women weren’t recruited for war, they played a vital role as they showed their patriotism and support of the war in the form of working in male oriented jobs such as factories, farms, and in offices. Additionally, they volunteered as nurses, and bought war bonds. During the era of War World I, the women suffrage movement which started in 1848, took advantage of Wilson’s stand on war, and actively fought for their rights by challenging traditional ideals of democracy. The women suffrage movement started long before the war in 1848. President Wilson was initially against the suffrage movement which caused the leaders of women suffrage to accuse him of hypocrisy as he advocated for democracy They had chained themselves to the White House fence and, when arrested, staged hunger strikes in order to shame a president who claimed to fight for democracy”(Gendzel, Section2). In January 11, 1917, suffragists started a protest at the white house, and held banners that asked …show more content…

President, What Will You Do for Woman Suffrage?” The white house response was to ignore the protesters “At the White House it was said that it was the purpose to ignore the presence of the pickets. The White House police, supposedly acting under orders, merely smiled when they approached the sentinels"(President Ignores Suffrage Pickets, NY Times, Jan 11, 1917). Protests wasn't the only tactic suffragists used, some suffragists went as far as going on hunger strikes. The most notable is suffragist leader, Alice Paul "Alice Paul, National Chairman for the Woman’s Party, now doing a seven months’ sentence in jail here for picketing the White House, has gone on a hunger strike, and tonight she had been in the jail hospital without food for the preceding twenty-four hours, stolidly threatening to starve herself to death unless her six companions, serving time for the same offense, got

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