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![[Mrs. Guilford Dudley of Nashville with ear trumpet, talking into ear of Democratic donkey, played by Mrs. Mary Semple Scott in skit at 1920 National American Woman Suffrage Association in Chicago]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDUvbXJzLWd1aWxmb3JkLWR1ZGxleS1vZi1uYXNodmlsbGUtd2l0aC1lYXItdHJ1bXBldC10YWxraW5nLWludG8tZWFyLW9mLWRlbW9jcmF0aWMtMzkyYmU2LTEwMjQuanBn/320/403/jpg "[Mrs. Guilford Dudley of Nashville with ear trumpet, talking into ear of Democratic donkey, played by Mrs. Mary Semple Scott in skit at 1920 National American Woman Suffrage Association in Chicago]")
![[Fannie Lou Hamer, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegate, at the Democratic National Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey, August 1964] / [WKL].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDIvZmFubmllLWxvdS1oYW1lci1taXNzaXNzaXBwaS1mcmVlZG9tLWRlbW9jcmF0aWMtcGFydHktZGVsZWdhdGUtYXQtdGhlLWRlbW9jcmF0aWMtOWQ3Y2MwLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/63/webp "[Fannie Lou Hamer, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegate, at the Democratic National Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey, August 1964] / [WKL].")
![[Daniel W. Gooch, Representative from Massachusetts, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTcvZGFuaWVsLXctZ29vY2gtcmVwcmVzZW50YXRpdmUtZnJvbS1tYXNzYWNodXNldHRzLXRoaXJ0eS1maWZ0aC1jb25ncmVzcy1oYWxmLTY5MzI1NC02NDAuanBn/40/56/webp "[Daniel W. Gooch, Representative from Massachusetts, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]")
![[George E. Pexton, Wyoming, at the Republican National Convention held at the Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois, June 18-22, 1912]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEvZ2VvcmdlLWUtcGV4dG9uLXd5b21pbmctYXQtdGhlLXJlcHVibGljYW4tbmF0aW9uYWwtY29udmVudGlvbi1oZWxkLWF0LXRoZS1jaGljYWdvLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "[George E. Pexton, Wyoming, at the Republican National Convention held at the Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois, June 18-22, 1912]")
![Female lobbyists at Washington, D.C. - a scene in the Marble Room of the Capitol - Senators in the toils [4 women lobbying 2 men]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTMvZmVtYWxlLWxvYmJ5aXN0cy1hdC13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRjLWEtc2NlbmUtaW4tdGhlLW1hcmJsZS1yb29tLW9mLXRoZS1jYXBpdG9sLTdkM2U0ZC02NDAuanBn/40/58/webp "Female lobbyists at Washington, D.C. - a scene in the Marble Room of the Capitol - Senators in the toils [4 women lobbying 2 men]")
![[Portrait of Dizzy Gillespie, Tadd Dameron, Hank Jones, Mary Lou Williams, and Milt Orent, Mary Lou Williams' apartment, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1947]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDcvMDEvMDEvcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtZGl6enktZ2lsbGVzcGllLXRhZGQtZGFtZXJvbi1oYW5rLWpvbmVzLW1hcnktbG91LXdpbGxpYW1zLWFuZC1taWx0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Portrait of Dizzy Gillespie, Tadd Dameron, Hank Jones, Mary Lou Williams, and Milt Orent, Mary Lou Williams' apartment, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1947]")
![[Asa Helton and Fiddling Bill Hensley playing fiddle, unidentified woman in foreground, at the Mountain Music Festival, Asheville, North Carolina]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjIvYXNhLWhlbHRvbi1hbmQtZmlkZGxpbmctYmlsbC1oZW5zbGV5LXBsYXlpbmctZmlkZGxlLXVuaWRlbnRpZmllZC13b21hbi1pbi1mb3JlZ3JvdW5kLTg4NWZiYi02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Asa Helton and Fiddling Bill Hensley playing fiddle, unidentified woman in foreground, at the Mountain Music Festival, Asheville, North Carolina]")
