The publication was first envisioned as a small pamphlet by the Congressional Union (CU), a new affiliate of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), which in 1917 became the NWP.

[1] Started by Alice Paul with Rheta Childe Dorr as its first editor, its goal was to spread women's political news and to advance movements toward a suffrage amendment.

[2] In 1917, when the National Woman's Party (NWP) began picketing the White House and were arrested, the newspaper served as a light to the public on the treatment of these political people.

The newspaper ceased publication after the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution allowing women to vote was passed.

Still, its focus was specifically on the Equal Rights Amendment and other bills affecting women, including protective labor legislation, nationality issues, and jury service.