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From Suffragettes To Iraq Die-Ins: A Brief History Of Mass Protests At Presidential Inaugurations


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Raphael Pope-Sussman

Published Jan 20, 2017

Modified Jan 20, 2017


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Suffragette "pilgrims" arrive in Washington from NY for march ahead of Woodrow Wilson's inauguration Woodrow Wilson in 1913. (<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:March_1913_of_Rosalie_Jones_160054v.jpg">Wikimedia Commons</a>)
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Published Jan 20, 2017

Modified Jan 20, 2017


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