Pressure Politics

     Political actions have often, actually primarily, occurred outside of voting booths. From the bread riots of the French Revolution to the sit-ins of the American civil rights movement, ordinary people have voiced their protests in public forums. During the Progressive Era, men and women used printing presses, speakers' pulpits, and public avenues to express their dissatisfaction with the status quo. Denied the vote in most instances, women had no other options besides pressure politics.

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Pressure Politics      Political actions have often, actually primarily, occurred outside of voting booths. From the bread riots of the French Revolution to the sit-ins of the American civil rights movement, ordinary people have voiced their protests in public forums. During the Progressive Era, men and women used printing presses, speakers' pulpits, and public avenues to express their dissatisfaction with the status quo. Denied the vote in most instances, women had no other options besides pressure politics.     As the 1912 website hopes to convey, the sheer number of images and words, both written and spoken, d