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Nurses protest outside of the White House for women's suffrage.

Date: 1917

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These protests are linked to nurses' struggles for increased hospital funding, improved public health infrastructure, and better workplace standards.

One of these nurses, Lavinia Dock, protested with garment workers in 1909 and will continue her political activism for years after these protests.