LOC's Public Domain Archive
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![Free love and women's rights [cartoon showing woman asking booksller for her-books, as opposed to hymn-books]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjcvZnJlZS1sb3ZlLWFuZC13b21lbnMtcmlnaHRzLWNhcnRvb24tc2hvd2luZy13b21hbi1hc2tpbmctYm9va3NsbGVyLWZvci1oZXItNjcyMWYzLTEwMjQuanBn/320/471/jpg "Free love and women's rights [cartoon showing woman asking booksller for her-books, as opposed to hymn-books]")
![[Tramp smoking cigar with cane over arm]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvdHJhbXAtc21va2luZy1jaWdhci13aXRoLWNhbmUtb3Zlci1hcm0tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/56/webp "[Tramp smoking cigar with cane over arm]")
![[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing left, reading book]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjkvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi13b21hbi1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctbGVmdC1yZWFkaW5nLWJvb2stZGY3MzQ4LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing left, reading book]")
![[Woman looking at book as another woman points to something in the book]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjcvMDEvMDEvd29tYW4tbG9va2luZy1hdC1ib29rLWFzLWFub3RoZXItd29tYW4tcG9pbnRzLXRvLXNvbWV0aGluZy1pbi10aGUtYm9vay02NDAuanBn/40/19/webp "[Woman looking at book as another woman points to something in the book]")
![[Phoebe Cary, head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman, three-quarters to the right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTkvcGhvZWJlLWNhcnktaGVhZC1hbmQtc2hvdWxkZXJzLXBvcnRyYWl0LW9mLWEtd29tYW4tdGhyZWUtcXVhcnRlcnMtdG8tdGhlLXJpZ2h0LWU4NjA2Yy02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[Phoebe Cary, head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman, three-quarters to the right]")
![[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, facing front, holding a copy of the book "Sons of Temperance Offering" for 1851]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDUvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLXdvbWFuLWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy1mcm9udC1ob2xkaW5nLWEtY29weS1vZi10aGUtNDE3NDRmLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, facing front, holding a copy of the book \"Sons of Temperance Offering\" for 1851]")
![[Unidentified woman resting her arm on a book entitled History of Slavery]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLXdvbWFuLXJlc3RpbmctaGVyLWFybS1vbi1hLWJvb2stZW50aXRsZWQtaGlzdG9yeS1vZi1zbGF2ZXJ5LTMxN2FjZi02NDAuanBn/40/45/webp "[Unidentified woman resting her arm on a book entitled History of Slavery]")
![[Men's League for Woman Suffrage, Miller Scrapbook]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMzAvbWVucy1sZWFndWUtZm9yLXdvbWFuLXN1ZmZyYWdlLW1pbGxlci1zY3JhcGJvb2stZjZiYWQwLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/26/webp "[Men's League for Woman Suffrage, Miller Scrapbook]")
