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By 1913, the year of this parade, women's suffrage associations regularly took to the streets in protest. Carrie Chapman Catt took the helm of National American Woman Suffrage Association and instituted "the Winning Plan," which called for a state by state approach to winning women's voting rights. Beginning in the West where women and men had been forced by the hardships of frontier life to live more equally, women won voting rights in ten western states. As this parade demonstrates, this grassroots plan eventually made it East to Washington D.C.
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What is occurring in this parade?
Where is this parade? Explain the significance of its location.
Does it seem like a large parade? Explain why that is important to know.
Do you think the crowd watching are supporters or just general observers?