▁to ▁the ▁C U ▁and ▁its ▁members . ▁These ▁included ▁direct ▁actions , ▁organ izing ▁huge ▁demonstr ations , ▁and ▁the ▁daily ▁pick eting ▁of ▁the ▁White ▁House . ▁The ▁C U ▁had ▁ 4 , 5 0 0 ▁members ▁and ▁had ▁raised ▁more ▁than ▁$ 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁in ▁funds ▁by ▁ 1 9 1 4 . ▁Over ▁time , ▁the ▁efforts ▁of ▁hundreds ▁of ▁members ▁led ▁to ▁their ▁arrest ▁and ▁sometimes ▁imprison ment . ▁ ▁Organ ization ▁ ▁The ▁Cong r essional ▁Union ' s ▁headquarters ▁were ▁located ▁on ▁F ▁Street ▁in ▁Washington , ▁D . C . ▁near ▁the ▁Will ard ▁Hotel ▁in ▁a ▁highly ▁visible ▁office ▁which ▁they ▁paid ▁for ▁themselves . ▁They ▁started ▁women ' s ▁" su ff rage ▁schools " ▁to ▁spread ▁aw aren ess ▁about ▁their ▁cause ▁and ▁held ▁multiple ▁meet ings ▁each ▁day . ▁The ▁C U ▁was ▁never ▁organized ▁by ▁states ▁or ▁districts , ▁but ▁there ▁were ▁different ▁branches ▁of ▁the ▁organization ▁in ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁states . ▁The ▁Washington ▁headquarters ▁was ▁central ▁to ▁their ▁work ▁but ▁they ▁were ▁also ▁a ▁mobile ▁organization . ▁The ▁C U ▁published ▁a ▁newspaper ▁called ▁The ▁Su ff rag ist , ▁featuring ▁articles ▁by ▁prominent ▁members ▁including ▁Alice ▁Paul , ▁Lucy ▁Burn s ▁and ▁I nez ▁Mil hol land . ▁The ▁newspaper ▁employed ▁N ina ▁All ender ▁as ▁its ▁main ▁cart oon ist , ▁and ▁also ▁published ▁cart o ons ▁by ▁artists ▁such ▁as ▁Corn elia ▁Bar ns , ▁Board man ▁Robinson ▁and ▁Mar