Shaina Taub - Find A Way
Alice?Lucy, thank God!
I got your telegram and came
As soon as I could
What's the emergency?
The first protest march ever held
In our nation's capital
Today?
Two months from today
So there's no time to waste
Welcome to our new office
Ah?
You're a member of the
Suffrage March Planning Committee
Holy cow! How many in it?
Counting you?
Don't say two?
Two
But Alice, we're not in college anymore
We've never planned a national action before
Nope
How will we do it when it's never been done?
How will we find a way when there isn't one?
How will we find a way
Find a way
We've got to find a way
Find a way
First pursuit is to recruit
Inez Milholland
THE Inez Milholland??
Papers call her glamorous
Dazzling
All the things I'm not
We need a public face
It's gotta be Inez Milholland
I'm Alice Paul and this is my best friend Lucy Burns
We were field hockey teammates at Swarthmore
Offense!
Defense!
Wow, ok. Sporty. Why don't we
Have a smoke?
Oh yes, we adore cigarettes
It's really nice
We want you to be the grand marshall of our suffrage march
Ms. Paul, I'm far too busy with the bar
She'd rather get liquored
Than fight our liberty?
I'm studying
For the bar exam
Oh, that's marvelous
We could use your legal skills
To precure our permit?
This march is unprecedented
How so?
It's on Pennsylvania Avenue
Oh
The day before the inauguration
Ooh
We'll make every front page with a picture of you leading the pack
On horseback
What?
I should be riding
My steed should be white
A feminine reclaiming of the armored knight
Of course
Where the hell are we getting a horse?
How will we do it when it's never been done?
How will we find a way when there isn't one?
How will we find a way?
Find a way
We've got to find a way
Find a way
I want you
To meet someone
A socialite?
A socialist
Ruza Wenclawska
Ruza Wenclawska
My fellow workers
We must strike!
Came from Poland
When she was seven
We must strike for safe conditions
Worked in the mills
Since she was eleven
This is her fight too
Not just us fortunate few
They'll listen to her
Strike!
Not to you
Strike! Strike! Strike!
That was a great speech
Ruza, this is Alice Paul from the suffrage movement
Suffrage is votes
For women
I'm Polish, not stupid
Look
I want no part of your polite little suffragette parlor games
Well that's perfect
Because when we take on a tyrant
We burn him down
So how do we afford a march?
How will we do it when it's never been done?
How will we find a way when there isn't one?
How will we find a way, find a way?
We've got to find a way, find a way
Get up on this soapbox
Ooh!
Stand there
But no one's here
Gotta start somewhere
Women of the country
How long
Must women wait
For liberty?
How long?
How long
Must we wait
Must we wait
Must we wait
Must we wait
Must we wait
Join us
In a march
On March 3rd
Give some money
Spread the word
Give more money!
Make your voice heard
How will we do it when it's never been done?//How will we do it when it's never been done?
How will we find a way when there isn't one?
How will we find a way, find a way?//How will we find a way?
We've got to find a way, find a way
March for our liberty!
Lucy, who is she?
Doris Stevens
A student
From Nebraska
She just showed up
When I heard about your march
I hopped on the next train
I want to help!
Whatever I can do
I wrote up these leaflets too
So you're a writer?
Yes sir-Ma'am!
Yes I am!
Congratulations on your new job
What?
You're our secretary now
Keep a record
February 1st
Doris Stevens named Secretary!
How will we do it when it's never been done?
How will we find a way where there isn't one?
February 2nd
A meeting with
Officer Slyvester
It's Major Sylvester
Major! We need a permit for a protest on the 3rd of March
I don't have cops to spare for a ladies' parade
I would just hate for my father to hear you deny me
My constitutional right
Father?
Senator Dwight
Chair of the Law Enforcement Treasury
You know?
The man who signs your paycheck
You can have your dawggone permit
Now get the heck out of my sight
Thank you, Officer
MAJOR
Is he really your father?
I used to date his son
How will we do it when it's never been done?
How will we find a way where there isn't one?
One week to go
Numbers?
26 floats
9 brigades
A delegation from all 48 states
200 marshalls
10 marching bands
Representatives from?
30
30 universities
Contingents from
15 professions
Oh, and the dancers for the pageant!
So we're at one
Wait no, 2
With the crowd depending
200,000 people attending
We're gonna need more pinwheels
(All at once)
Should we all spread out or stick together
If Inez is up in front, should I be in the middle?
Alice, are you marching with your college?!
I don't have a cap and gown!
Did someone remember to get carrots for the horses?
Am I starting off the singing or do I wait for the bugles?!
Where will we be able to go to the bathroom?
What happens if it starts to rain?!
What if it's too crowded on the street
To even move an inch or let alone to march?!
We can do it!
How will we do it when it's never been?
How will find a way where there isn't one?
Ms. Paul
Ida B. Wells wrote to say
She plans to march
Ida B who?
Ida B. Wells
She's a famous journalist
But
What?
Well, we've received letters from several Southern donors threatening to pull out if colored women participate
But we've already said they're welcome to participate
One proposes we tactfully ask colored women to withdraw
Tactfully
Others say they must march in back
Let's make a special colored delegation at the back of line, no one pulls out
It will all be fine
I'm an immigrant
So should I march in back too?
How will we find a way?
Find a way /How will we find a way?
We've got to find a way, find a way
So you're this Alice Paul
I've been hearing so much about
Mrs. Wells!
Well, you've got quite the team
Yes!
We haven't slept in weeks
Please
I have four children
I haven't slept in years
We're glad you're here for the march
I'm not only here for the march
My club has also come
To agitate for
Laws against lynching
My people cannot vote
If they are hanging from trees
We support you
Yes!
Why have I been told to march in back?
All due respect, but we don't have a choice
Without the Southern women's support
There might be no march
We refuse to be exclusive
So we've made a place for you
In back
We're concerned for your safety
Should there be an attack
Mary Church Terrell might agree to it
So
Oh, the one
Other Black suffragists whose name
You know?
You are a brilliant
Agitator, Ida
Thousand of Suffs are arriving in town
Right now
Should we cancel the endeavor?
So I'm the one wrecking
The endeavor ?
Ida, how about-
I think we all
Must do whatever it takes
For the March to go on
Even if that means
Waiting your turn
Written by:
Shaina Gehring
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