▁the ▁first ▁" c ause " ▁to ▁pick et ▁outside ▁the ▁White ▁House . ▁Paul ▁had ▁been ▁ment ored ▁by ▁Em m eline ▁P ank h urst ▁while ▁in ▁England , ▁and ▁both ▁she ▁and ▁Lucy ▁Burn s ▁led ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁protest s ▁against ▁the ▁Wilson ▁Administration ▁in ▁Washington . ▁Wilson ▁ignored ▁the ▁protest s ▁for ▁six ▁months , ▁but ▁on ▁June   2 0 ,   1 9 1 7 , ▁as ▁a ▁Russian ▁deleg ation ▁drove ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁White ▁House , ▁suff rag ists ▁un fur led ▁a ▁b anner ▁which ▁stated : ▁" We ▁women ▁of ▁America ▁tell ▁you ▁that ▁America ▁is ▁not ▁a ▁dem ocracy . ▁Tw enty   mill ion ▁women ▁are ▁denied ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁vote . ▁President ▁Wilson ▁is ▁the ▁chief ▁oppon ent ▁of ▁their ▁national ▁enf ranch is ement ". ▁Another ▁b anner ▁on ▁August   1 4 ,   1 9 1 7 , ▁referred ▁to ▁" K ais er ▁Wilson " ▁and ▁compared ▁the ▁pl ight ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁people ▁with ▁that ▁of ▁American ▁women . ▁With ▁this ▁manner ▁of ▁protest , ▁the ▁women ▁were ▁subject ▁to ▁arr ests ▁and ▁many ▁were ▁ja iled . ▁Another ▁on going ▁t actic ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁Woman ' s ▁Party ▁was ▁watch f ires , ▁which ▁involved ▁burning ▁copies ▁of ▁President ▁Wilson ' s ▁speech es , ▁often ▁outside ▁the ▁White ▁House ▁or ▁in ▁the ▁nearby ▁La f ay ette ▁Park . ▁The ▁Party ▁continued ▁to ▁hold ▁watch f ires ▁even ▁as ▁the ▁war