Women's Suffrage During World War I

“How do you know when it’s the right time?” This is a question that’s often been asked. The answer: there is never a “right time” to wait for. Justice does not happen because of patience; it happens because of persistence. Women’s suffragists of the early 1900’s understood the need to be resolute for the sake of their deprived right to vote. When World War I began in 1914, many suffrage organizations drifted their attention to supporting the war exertion, yet some suffragists remained to carry on the fight for suffrage. The ongoing fighters’ rises and downfalls during the WWI were displayed through the violence at their protests and their later imprisonment. As a woman suffragist, one had to accept and endure violent acts by the opposing