Linda Sipprelle, Princeton
Kudos and many thanks to Judith D. Hutton, CEO of the Princeton YWCA, and her staff for hosting the memorable Aug. 26 event which celebrated the 90th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution which guaranteed women the right to vote.
Featured in the celebration were a reception and the movie “Iron-Jawed Angels” which portrayed the courageous activists behind the women’s “suffrage” movement.
The role played by the suffragettes during World War I when they picketed the White House in an effort to get President Woodrow Wilson to support their cause can not be minimized. These women were jailed for “obstructing the sidewalk” and in jail were beaten, kicked and given food with worms. Alice Paul, a leading suffragette, went on a hunger strike and was brutally force-fed.
I, as well as other women who have had a lifetime to follow our dreams and to vote for leaders of our choosing, honor with sincere and grateful thanks the American suffragettes whose courage, spirit and tenacity made our dreams a reality.
Linda Sipprelle
Princeton
