March 3, 1913: Thousands of women march in a suffrage parade in Washington, D.C. African-American women were asked to march separately at the end of the march, because white suffragists were concerned about losing the support of southern voters. A delegation of black women from the Alpha Suffrage Club of Chicago, including founder Ida B. Wells, were planning on marching at the end in a segregated unit. However, Ida B. Wells joined the Illinois delegation in the middle of the march. The was a march down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. on March 3, 1913, organized by the suffragist Alice Paul for the National American Woman Suffrage Association. The march was scheduled on the day before President Woodrow Wilson's inauguration to "march in a spirit of protest against the present political organization of society, from which women are excluded", as the official program stated. The march and the attention it attracted were important in advancing women's suffrage in the United States. Just like now, it's not important that they give a damn about black women. As long as black women supported them. #womenssuffragemarch #seperatebutunequal #idabwells #myshero #theydontcareaboutourissues #themorethingschange