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[13] For the campaign, John W. Hutchinson co-wrote "The Kansas Suffrage Song," which was sung to the tune of "Old Dan Tucker." [11] On the election day, the Hutchinson family traveled with Stanton and Susan B. Anthony to all the polling places in Leavenworth, Kansas. [14] The activists gave speeches and the Hutchinsons sang suffrage songs. [14]
The song included words written by Florence MacAulay and was sung using the tune of La Marseillaise. [1] Macauley lead the WSPU office in Edinburgh from 1909 to 1913. [2] The song was sung in many different settings, but most often as a form of protest or solidarity for women's rights in both the United Kingdom and the United States.
This list of suffragists and suffragettes includes noted individuals active in the worldwide women's suffrage movement who have campaigned or strongly advocated for women's suffrage, the organisations which they formed or joined, and the publications which publicized – and, in some nations, continue to publicize– their goals.
Aoife O’Donovan Brings Her Stunning Song Cycle About Women’s Suffrage, ‘All My Friends,’ to Concert and Symphony Halls Chris Willman October 1, 2024 at 7:21 PM
This is a list of songs described as feminist anthems celebrating women's empowerment, or used as protest songs against gender inequality. These songs range from airy pop affirmations such as " Girls Just Want to Have Fun " by Cyndi Lauper , to solemn calls to action such as "We Shall Go Forth" by Margie Adam .
Suffs is a musical with music, lyrics, and a book by Shaina Taub, based on suffragists and the American women's suffrage movement, focusing primarily on the historical events leading up to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1920 that gave some women the right to vote.
Emmeline Pankhurst introduced the song as the WSPU's official anthem, replacing "The Women's Marseillaise". [4] The latter song was a setting of words by WSPU activist Florence Macaulay to the tune of La Marseillaise. [5] On 23 March 1911 the song was performed at a rally in the Royal Albert Hall.