#OTD20 | September 9, 1916
September 9, 1916: President Woodrow Wilson speaks in Atlantic City on the issue of women’s suffrage.
The president recognizes the gravity of the movement, calling it “…one of the most astonishing tides in modern history.” But also urges patience, saying: “…when the forces of nature are steadily working and the tide is rising to meet the moon, you need not be afraid that it will not come to its flood. We feel the tide; we rejoice in the strength of it; and we shall not quarrel in the long run as to the method of it.”
The women’s suffrage movement is chronicled in our curriculum-aligned film, The Progressive Era, from AMERICA IN THE 20TH CENTURY.
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