Congressional Union

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The Congressional Union was a radical American organization formed in 1913 and led by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns. It campaigned for a constitutional amendment guaranteeing women’s suffrage. It was inspired by the United Kingdom's suffragette movement.

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• To Believe in Women: What Lesbians Have Done for America--A History by Lillian Faderman, published by Houghton Mifflin Books, pages 55–57. ISBN 0-618-05697-1
• American History, 1877 to the Present by Mary Jane Capozzoli Ingui, published by Barron's Educational Series, page 54. ISBN 0-7641-2005-0