Egyptian Suffragettes: The procession En Route from the University to the parliament building. Banner at front reads "women's groups demand political rights for women." Police closed the doors of parliament building, Cairo, Feb. 19, when an estimated 500 women demonstrators attempted to enter the building to claim political rights after a meeting of the Egyptian feminist party at the Ewart Memorial Hall of the American University. March 7, 1951. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).