Lucy Burns(1879-1966) and Doris Stevens(1892- 1963) By: Aspen Marquette & Austin Nickel Biography of Doris Stevens ● Born in 1892 in Omaha, Nebraska ● Graduated from Oberlin College in 1911 ● Worked as teacher and social worker ● Arrested for picketing at the White House "Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, Doris Stevens | A Tribute to the National Woman's ● Served as vice chairman of NWP of New York Party." ● Died on March 22, 1963 in New York Biography of Lucy Burns ● Born in 1879 in Brooklyn, New York ● Raised as a Catholic ● Attended Columbia University, Vassar College, Yale University, and Oxford University ● Became an English teacher ● Interest in women’s right to vote started in England ● Died in 1966 in Brooklyn, New York (“Burns, Lucy”) How did Doris contribute? ● In 1914 she became a full time organizer for NAWSA (“Doris ● Executive Secretary for CU Stevens”) ● Organized the first convention for women voters How did Lucy contribute? ● Created the Congressional Union for Women’s Suffrage ● Later known as National Women’s Party ● Powerful speaker ● Organized political campaigns ● Arrested 6 times (“Lucy Burns.”) Doris Quote "Her talent as an orator is of the kind that makes for instant intimacy with her audience."- Doris Stevens ("Lucy Burns") Doris Quote “All the officers here know we are making this hunger strike that women fighting for liberty may be considered political prisoners; we have told them. God knows we don’t want other women ever to have to do this over again.” - Doris Stevens ("Starving for Women's Suffrage: ") Lucy Quote “To pay the fine would be admitting guilt. We haven't broken a law. Not one dollar!” -Lucy Burns (“Lucy Burns.”) Lucy Quote “How can you dine here while women are starving in prison?” -Lucy Burns (“Out of the Darkness-Iron Jawed Angels.”) (“Out of the Darkness-Iron Jawed Angels.”) Related ● Alice Paul founded the National Women’s Party -First to picket the White House -Campaign for nonviolence -Anti-Slavery Works Cited "Doris Stevens." en.wikipedia.org Doris Stevens. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Dec. 2014. "Doris Stevens Quotes." Doris Stevens Quotes. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Dec. 2014. "Lucy Burns." 2.lhric.org. 2004. Web. 9 December 2014. "Lucy Burns." 2.lhric.org. 2004. Web. 9 December 2014. Digital File. "Doris Stevens Organizer National Woman Suffrage Movement." americancivilwar.com n.d. Web. 08 Dec. 2014. "Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, Doris Stevens | A Tribute to the National Woman's Party." suffragewagonnewschannel.com n.d. Web. 09 Dec. 2014. “Lucy Burns.” sites.google.com/site/womenssuffrageproject. n.d. Web. 9 December 2014. “Out of the Darkness-Iron Jawed Angels.” theironjawedangels.wordpress.com. n.d. Web. 8 December 2014. “Out of the Darkness-Iron Jawed Angels.” theironjawedangels.wordpress.com. n.d. Web. 8 December 2014. Digital File. "Starving for Women's Suffrage: " historymatters.gmu.edu N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Dec. 2014. “Burns, Lucy.” socialwelfarehistory.com. 2014. Web. 9 December 2014. “Burns, Lucy.” socialwelfarehistory.com. 2014. Web. 9 December 2014. Digital File..