Abstract: The paper argues that the suicides during the 1919-1928 social movements show the characteristics of the indignant suicide. The media report, funeral, and scholar criticism to the suicides provide rich materials of how suicide is endowed with social meaning. By using social construction theory, the paper demonstrates the correlation between the modern social progress and the aspects of links, way, and discourse embodied in the social meaning of indignant suicides.

Key words: social meaning endowment, process of social movement, movement indignity suicides