Suffragists Arrested at White House

Date: August 28, 1917 • Location: Washington D.C., United States

Ten suffragists, members of the Silent Sentinels, are arrested while picketing the White House in favor of women's suffrage in the United States.

Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public political elections and referendums. In some languages, and occasionally in English, the right to vote is called active suffrage, as distinct from passive suffrage, which is the right to stand for election. The combination of active and passive suffrage is sometimes called "full suffrage".