スミソニアン博物館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (スミソニアン博物館Instagram)「Suffragists arrested for picketing outside the White House—the first group to protest there—could face six months in jail. Starting Jan. 10, 1917, women stood without speaking, holding banners, six days a week. They became known as the “Silent Sentinels.” At the same time, predominantly white-led groups within the movement continued to perpetuate discrimination, rarely allowing African American women to take part in militant actions like picketing. From June to November 1917, more than 200 protesters were arrested and charged with “obstructing sidewalk traffic,” and many were convicted. Held in horrifying conditions, some incarcerated women went on hunger strikes and endured forced feedings. The resulting publicity and public outcry over their treatment is often credited with compelling President Woodrow Wilson to support women's suffrage. The protesters demonstrated for two and a half years until Congress passed a joint resolution proposing the 19th Amendment on June 4, 1919. This 1917 photograph of "Silent Sentinel" Alison Turnbull Hopkins outside the White House is from the @usnatarchives. 🗳🗳🗳 @librarycongress, @usnatarchives and @smithsonian are bringing you #19SuffrageStories to mark 100 years since the 19th Amendment went into effect. Join us now though August 26 as we count down with 19 stories of women who worked for the vote. #BecauseOfHerStory」8月19日 22時06分