March 3, 1913, procession violence leads to injuries and a congressional investigation.
The March 3, 1913 procession saw violence and chaos, with hostilities from the crowd leading to over 100 marcher injuries. This lack of police protection resulted in public outrage and subsequent congressional hearings to examine the policing failures. This scrutiny highlighted the entrenched resistance the suffrage movement faced, while also generating sympathy and increasing public support for the cause, eventually strengthening political commitments to women's suffrage.