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[National Woman's Party members gathered outside with banners during the dedication ceremonies for the Alva E. Belmont House, 1922.]

[National Woman's Party members gathered outside with banners during t...

Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of National Woman's Party members standing in street with banners, including one reading "Maryland" and another "Women's Cooperative Union" (parti... More

Mrs. [Miss] Julia Obear. National Woman Party

Mrs. [Miss] Julia Obear. National Woman Party

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Informal portrait, Julia Obear, full-length, facing right with head turned toward camera, wearing knickers, sweater and cap, standing outdoors with bicycle.

Rehearsing with Garden of the Gods at Colorado Springs for the Equal Rights Pageant to be given there by the National Woman's Party Sept. 23 in which women from 10 western states will participate. Group of singers of the Declaration of 1848 which demands Equal Rights for women.

Rehearsing with Garden of the Gods at Colorado Springs for the Equal R...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Congress would give full consideration to the Equal Rights Amendment. They formed a Valentine's Day deputation to the President. The[y] are L to R- Mrs. Jessica Henderson, Brookline, Massachusetts.; Mrs. Anne Archbold, Maine; Mrs. William Draper, Maine; Sallie Hovey, New Hampshire; Hazel Mac Kaye, Massachusetts.; Gail Laughlin, Maine; Mrs. Ernest Schelling, Maine; Mary Kelly Macarty, Massachusetts.; Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, Conn.; Elsie Hill, Conn.

Congress would give full consideration to the Equal Rights Amendment. ...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Ten National Woman's Party members from New England states in Washington, D.C. Left to R- Jessica Henderson, Anne Archbold, Mrs. William Draper, Sallie Hovey, Hazel Mac Kay... More

Mrs. Clarence Smith (Jane Norman [Smith]), Chairman, NWP [National Woman's Party], 1926

Mrs. Clarence Smith (Jane Norman [Smith]), Chairman, NWP [National Wom...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Head-and-shoulder portrait of Jane Norman Smith, facing left, wearing fur collar and brooch.

National American Women Suffrage, St. Louis, 3-25-19

National American Women Suffrage, St. Louis, 3-25-19

Photographer's address: 614 Olive Street. Forms part of National Women's Trade Union League of America collection. Transfer; LC Manuscript Division; 1952.

[Inez Milholland Boissevain, wearing white cape, seated on white horse at the National American Woman Suffrage Association parade, March 3, 1913, Washington, D.C.]

[Inez Milholland Boissevain, wearing white cape, seated on white horse...

Photo shows lawyer Inez Milholland Boissevain riding astride in the March 3, 1913, suffrage parade in Washington, D.C., as the first of four mounted heralds. Additional information about the Bain Collection is ... More

Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Two great pioneers in the Equal Rights cause. Without them, American women would not have progressed as far as they have in their fight for freedom.

Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Two great pioneers in the...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton reading while seated at table.

Some reasons why we oppose votes for women ... National association opposed to woman suffrage. New York City [1894].

Some reasons why we oppose votes for women ... National association op...

Anti-suffragists. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 130, Folder 13c.

Miss Rose Schneiderman, New York, Vice-President of the Women's Trade Union of N.Y.C.

Miss Rose Schneiderman, New York, Vice-President of the Women's Trade ...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, head and chest, Rose Schneiderman, facing forward, wearing high-collared dress or blouse with large bow at neck. Verso: "Please return to E... More

Mrs. Ida Mae Waters, standing, [and] Mrs. Florence B. Morrill, active Washington, D.C., members of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage

Mrs. Ida Mae Waters, standing, [and] Mrs. Florence B. Morrill, active ...

Picryl description: Public domain image - 19th-century female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. Isabella Mott. National Woman Party

Mrs. Isabella Mott. National Woman Party

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Studio portrait of Isabella Mott, seated, facing forward, in square-necked lace blouse and flowered skirt.

Miss Eleanor Weed [Helena Hill Weed].

Miss Eleanor Weed [Helena Hill Weed].

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Half-length portrait of Helena Hill Weed, seated, wearing white dress-gown with bow at empire waist and ruffled net over-the shoulder sleeves, decorative curtain in background.

Since my Margaret become a suffragette
National American Woman's Suffrage Association Convention, Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, center, presiding.

National American Woman's Suffrage Association Convention, Dr. Anna Ho...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of NAWSA convention proceeding, with women on stage, facing a audience. Anna Howard Shaw, standing, center, speaking from notes. Women on main floor and balcony.... More

Mrs. Pattie Jacobs, President of Alabama Suffrage Association.

Mrs. Pattie Jacobs, President of Alabama Suffrage Association.

Title transcribed from image. Summary: Formal portrait, head and chest, Pattie Ruffner Jacobs of Alabama, facing right with head turned slightly toward camera, wearing light, lace-patterned dress. The caption o... More

Distributing hand bills advertising Inaugural Suffrage Parade and inviting everyone to participate Jan. [19]13.  Mrs. Wm Kent talking to ? [man not identified]

Distributing hand bills advertising Inaugural Suffrage Parade and invi...

A group of people standing on a street. A group of people standing on a street. Public domain postcard scan.

Open air meeting at Washington, D.C., March 1913, calling upon Congress to pass the national woman suffrage amendment.  This photograph shows Mrs. John Rogers, sister-in-law of former Secretary of War, Stimpson [Stimson], and a member of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Women Suffrage, speaking.

Open air meeting at Washington, D.C., March 1913, calling upon Congres...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Open-air photograph of Elizabeth S. Rogers speaking, half-length, in profile, wearing fur coat and hat. A man in bowler hat and a woman in hat with scarf securing it to her... More

E[mmeline] Pankhurst - Victorian era public domain image

E[mmeline] Pankhurst - Victorian era public domain image

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, Emmeline Pankhurst, three-quarter length, seated in chair, facing slightly right with head turned toward camera, wearing high-collared blou... More

Fall in line record label, Victor records

Fall in line record label, Victor records

Public domain photograph related to Victor Records, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Victor Records was one of the leading record labels of the early 20th century founded in 19... More

[Women marching in national suffrage demonstration in Washington, D.C., May 9, 1914.]

[Women marching in national suffrage demonstration in Washington, D.C....

Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of suffragists in sashes marching down the street past The Washington Post building, flanked by policemen.

Mrs. Ella M. Dean of Montana is the official hostess of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage at its new home, the Cameron House, Washington, D.C.  Mrs. Dean also rendered valuable services at the Women Voters Convention in California at the Panama Pacific Exposition in 1915.

Mrs. Ella M. Dean of Montana is the official hostess of the Congressio...

Summary: Formal portrait, head and shoulders, Ella M. Dean, wearing loose, open-neck dress. Title transcribed from item. Date of photograph deduced from information in caption. The Woman Voters Convention at th... More

Bertha Moller, left, and Bertha Arnold hold party banner which was held at the Senate Office Building, ca. 1917.

Bertha Moller, left, and Bertha Arnold hold party banner which was hel...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of two women in hats and coats holding up a banner, Berthe Moller (Left) and Bertha Arnold ( R), standing in front of NWP headquarters. Banner reads: "We protest... More

Cell blocks at Occoquan [Workhouse]

Cell blocks at Occoquan [Workhouse]

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of the exterior of cell blocks at Occoquan prison.

D.C. prison where suffrage pickets were confined.
["Silent sentinel" Alison Turnbull Hopkins at the White House on New Jersey Day.]

["Silent sentinel" Alison Turnbull Hopkins at the White House on New J...

Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of Alison Turnbull Hopkins with banner, "Mr. President How long must women wait for liberty," picketing for suffrage outside White House gate. Pho... More

Mary Winsor (Penn.) '17 [holding Suffrage Prisoners banner]

Mary Winsor (Penn.) '17 [holding Suffrage Prisoners banner]

Title transcribed from item, with additional information derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of Mary Winsor, standing outside, holding a banner that reads: "To Ask Freedom for Women is Not... More

Miss Grace Needham, of Washington, D.C., national organization secretary of the National Woman's Party.  She is a daughter of Charles W. Needham, former president of George Washington University.

Miss Grace Needham, of Washington, D.C., national organization secreta...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Portrait of Grace Needham, in lace collar and dark jacket. Photograph published in The Suffragist, 5, no. 67 (May 5, 1917): 9. Captioned: "Miss Grace Needha... More

Helena Hill Weed, Norwalk, Conn. Serving 3 day sentence in D.C. prison for carrying banner, "Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed."

Helena Hill Weed, Norwalk, Conn. Serving 3 day sentence in D.C. prison...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Helena Hill Weed, facing forward, standing behind bars in a prison cell. Mrs. Helena Hill Weed of Norwalk, Conn., was a graduate of Vassar Col... More

[Lucy Branham protests the political imprisonment of Alice Paul with "Russia" banner.]

[Lucy Branham protests the political imprisonment of Alice Paul with "...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sue S. White, Chairman, Tenn. N.W.P. [Tennessee National Woman's Party], mainly responsible winning Tenn. Ratification as 36th State.

Sue S. White, Chairman, Tenn. N.W.P. [Tennessee National Woman's Party...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Three-quarter-length portrait of Sue Shelton White, standing, leaning against table with decorative carved legs, left hand resting on table behind her, with right hand in s... More

[Mrs. James Rector of Columbus, Ohio consulting with W.D. Jameson on the suffrage amendment in the Tennessee legislature, with Miss Anita Pollitzer of Charleston, S.C., and Miss Sue White of Nashville, Tenn.] / Service Photographic Co., Columbus, Ohio.

[Mrs. James Rector of Columbus, Ohio consulting with W.D. Jameson on t...

National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Organizing the First Convention of Women Voters Since Suffrage Passed. Officers of the National Woman's Party in active charge of preparations for the convention of their members which will decide the future of the organization, to meet in Washington, February 15-19, 1921, left to right: Miss Mabel Vernon, of Wilmington, Del., chairman of convention delegates; Mrs. Lawrence Lewis of Philadelphia, chairman of the suffrage memorial committee; Alice Paul, national chairman of the Party; Mrs. Florence Brewer Boeckel of Washington, D.C., press chairman; Mrs. Abby Scott Baker of Washington, D.C., political chairman; Miss Anita Pollitzer, program chairman.

Organizing the First Convention of Women Voters Since Suffrage Passed....

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Six National Woman's Party members gathered around a desk at National Woman's Party headquarters. Left to right: Mabel Vernon, Dora Lewis, Alice Paul (seated), Florence Bre... More

Lady Anne Azgapetian, wife of General Azgapetian, of Armenia, who will be one of the many representatives of women of foreign countries who will speak at the convention of the National Woman's Party during the consideration of a future program.

Lady Anne Azgapetian, wife of General Azgapetian, of Armenia, who will...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait of Lady Anne Azgapetian, wife of General Azgapetian of Armenia, seated and holding daughter Araxie Azgapetian in her lap, both wearing hats and richly broca... More

A breathing spell between campaigns - Miss Anita Pollitzer (left) and Miss Elsie Hill, secretary and chairman, respectively of the Woman's Party, meet on the steps of the Party headquarters.  The Bulletin Board in the picture saw the stormiest days of the suffrage campaign and still tells of the Party's activities on behalf of women.

A breathing spell between campaigns - Miss Anita Pollitzer (left) and ...

Title and name and address of photographer transcribed from image. Summary: Anita Pollitzer (left), wearing wide-brimmed floppy hat, gloves, and fur-trimmed coat standing on outside steps near stone bulletin bo... More

Fourth Headquarters - 1922-1929 National Woman's Party, 21-25 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

Fourth Headquarters - 1922-1929 National Woman's Party, 21-25 First St...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of National Woman's Party headquarters, exterior.

Alice Paul, leader of the feminist movement in America and vice president of the Woman's Party with Mildred Bryan, youngest Colorado feminist in the Garden of the Gods at Colorado Springs where the Party will present its Equal Rights Pageant on September 23rd, launching its western campaign for an amendment to the federal Constitution giving Equal Rights to women.

Alice Paul, leader of the feminist movement in America and vice presid...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Justice. Miss Florence Hanlin as Justice in the Dance Drama presented at Seneca Falls, on July 20th in connection with the National Woman's Party's seventy-fifth anniversary celebration of Equal Rights.

Justice. Miss Florence Hanlin as Justice in the Dance Drama presented ...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Portrait, full-length, Florence Hanlin, facing left, standing outside in front of lake, posing as Justice, holding scales in outstretched hand and wearing l... More

[Three women sit outside during conference convened by NWP National Council in Westport, New York.]

[Three women sit outside during conference convened by NWP National Co...

Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of three women sitting on grass in front of building with banner, "National Woman's Party."

Miss Zonia Baber, representative in United States of the women of Porto Rica [Puerto Rico], consulting with Mrs. Burnita Shelton Matthews, Legal Research Secretary of the National Woman's Party, on the drafting of a bill for introduction in Congress extending suffrage to the women of Porto Rica.

Miss Zonia Baber, representative in United States of the women of Port...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Informal portrait, full-length, seated, Miss Zonia Baber (left), representative of the women of Puerto Rico, and Burnita Shelton Matthews (right), legal research secretary ... More

In the picture, which was taken before the arcade of the Broadmoor hotel, Colorado Springs, are Mrs. Stuart P. Dodge, Miss Katherine Courtney, Mrs. Lillian H. Kerr, Mrs. Bertha W. Fowler, state chairman; Miss Whittemore, Mrs. Lawrence T. Grey, Miss Vernon, Mrs. Rowena Dashwood Graves, Dr. Caroline E. Spencer, Miss Ernestine [Parsons] and Miss Eva Shannon. All are members of the Colorado branch of the N.W.P.

In the picture, which was taken before the arcade of the Broadmoor hot...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Colorado Branch National Woman's Party members gathered with NWP organizers Margaret Whittemore and Mabel Vernon, around back of a car with banner, "National ... More

[National Woman's Party Headquarters: Alva Belmont House]

[National Woman's Party Headquarters: Alva Belmont House]

Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of exterior of Alva Belmont House.

[Actress Mary Pickford, a strong supporter of women's rights, buys the first sheet of equal rights seals.]

[Actress Mary Pickford, a strong supporter of women's rights, buys the...

Summary: Informal portrait, half-length, Mary Pickford, seated, facing left with head turned toward camera, wearing a suit and hat, and holding a sheet of Equal Rights seals. Title derived by Library of Congres... More

Back from the land of the nut a monologue
[German actress Hedwig Reicher wearing costume of "Columbia" with other suffrage pageant participants standing in background in front of the Treasury Building, March 3, 1913, Washington, D.C.]

[German actress Hedwig Reicher wearing costume of "Columbia" with othe...

Title devised by Library staff based on New York Times article, March 3, 1913. Caption in the photograph may refer to one of the background figures in veils: "Florence F. Noyes as 'Liberty' in suffrage pageant.... More

U. S. Senate Hearing before Committee on Woman Suffrage on Joint Resolution proposing suffrage amendment to U. S. Constitution

U. S. Senate Hearing before Committee on Woman Suffrage on Joint Resol...

Statements by Anna Shaw, Belva Lockwood, Fannie Fernald of Maine, Isabel Barrows of New York, Anne Fitzhugh Miller, Ella Stewart of Illinois, Ida Husted Harper, Ella Hawley Crossett, Laura Clay, and Carrie Chap... More

Which? A timely question [man labeled "popular vote" looking at Republican, Democratic, women suffrage, and temperance advocates]

Which? A timely question [man labeled "popular vote" looking at Republ...

Wood engraving after drawing by Matt. Morgan. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 65 (1888 July 21), p. 357.

Miss Julia Marlowe of New York, the well known actress, is one of the prominent members of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage.

Miss Julia Marlowe of New York, the well known actress, is one of the ...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Head-and-shoulders portrait of actress Julia Marlowe, hair loose, facing camera. Research indicates uncropped version of this photograph was published as a postcard by the ... More

[May I. Condon.], Washington DC

[May I. Condon.], Washington DC

Summary: Formal portrait, full-length, May I. Condon, seated on stone bench, facing left with upper body and head turned toward camera wearing fur-trimmed coat and wide-brimmed hat. Title derived from folder heading.

Mrs. Francis Hemingway. - Public domain portrait print

Mrs. Francis Hemingway. - Public domain portrait print

Title transcribed from image. Summary: Formal portrait, half-length, Mrs. Francis Hemingway, standing with left arm resting on [back of chair], facing front with head and eyes turned slightly to the left, weari... More

Women Suffrage Dead in both New York Assembly and Senate

Women Suffrage Dead in both New York Assembly and Senate

After discussing pros and cons of Toombs' suffrage resolution, New York Assembly vote not to discharge Judiciary Committee from consideration; many members avoid voting; suffrage contingent in attendance, inclu... More

[Women's Suffrage] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[Women's Suffrage] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Lillian Harris Coffin, Pres[ident] New era League, Hotel San Francisco, San Francisco, Member of National Advisory Council, Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage].

Mrs. Lillian Harris Coffin, Pres[ident] New era League, Hotel San Fran...

Title and name and address of photographer transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, full-length, seated, Lillian Harris Coffin, president of New Era League, wearing full-length dress with necklace and p... More

Mrs. William L. Colt, 7 Maple St[reet], Bronxville, New York.

Mrs. William L. Colt, 7 Maple St[reet], Bronxville, New York.

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Vivian Pierce]. National Woman Party

[Vivian Pierce]. National Woman Party

Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Portrait of Vivian Pierce seated at tabletop, chin resting on right hand, gazing at the camera, wearing dark dress with embroidered cuffs and white ruffle trim.

London Women's Suffrage Parade - Public domain document scan

London Women's Suffrage Parade - Public domain document scan

London suffrage parade included historical characters, Americans Inez Milholland, Julie Opp, and Gertrude Elliott, and Highland women pipers photomechanical prints of Actresses Franchise League and Welch women ... More

Mrs. Crystal Eastman Benedict of New York is a member of the Executive Committee of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage.  Mrs. Benedict is a graduate of Vassar College and of the New York Law University.  She was secretary of the New York State Commission which investigated the employers’ liability question, and she was formerly investigator for the Russell Sage Foundation.  She is the sister of Max Eastman, editor of the Masses.

Mrs. Crystal Eastman Benedict of New York is a member of the Executive...

Title and name and address of photographer transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, three-quarter-length, seated, Crystal Eastman Benedict, facing left with upper body and head turned toward camera, wea... More

Mrs. W. E. Hardy of Lincoln, Nebraska, is one of the prominent members of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage.  Mrs. Hardy is Treasurer of the Nebraska Woman Suffrage Association, and was on of the most prominent leaders in the recent state campaign for suffrage in Nebraska.

Mrs. W. E. Hardy of Lincoln, Nebraska, is one of the prominent members...

Cropped version of the photograph published in The Suffragist, 8, no. 5 (June 1920): n.p. Title and name and address of photographer transcribed from image. Summary: Formal portrait, head and shoulders, Gertrud... More

Miss Lucy Ewing, Chicago, Ill[inois].

Miss Lucy Ewing, Chicago, Ill[inois].

Summary: Formal portrait, head and shoulders, Lucy Ewing of Chicago, wearing v-neck blouse with necklace and wide-brimmed straw hat with ribbon. Title and name and address of photographer transcribed from item.... More

Suffrage open air meeting at the National Capitol demanding that Congress pass the National woman suffrage amendment-- Feb. 1913. Corner Penn. Ave. and 15th St. where the Washington Hotel now stands.

Suffrage open air meeting at the National Capitol demanding that Congr...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of street scene with crowds of people, bicyclist, trolleys and cars. Speakers on sidewalk platform at building at corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 15th St., Was... More

Suffrage Procession, Wash[ington] D.C., May 9, 1914

Suffrage Procession, Wash[ington] D.C., May 9, 1914

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Image of men marching in parade with Socialist Party banners, central banner reads: "Democracy Industrial Political."

WOMAN SUFFRAGE. WOMAN VOTERS ASK HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR ACTION ON AMENDMENT.MRS. WILLIAM KENT, CALIFORNIA, 2ND FROM LEFT; MRS. S. B. M. YOUNG,4TH FROM LEFT; ISABELLA MOTT OF NEW YORK, 2ND FROM RIGHT; KATHARINE FISHER OF NEW JERSEY, RIGHT

WOMAN SUFFRAGE. WOMAN VOTERS ASK HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR ACTION O...

A group of women standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Miss Eleanor P. Barker, Indianapolis, state chairman for Indiana of Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage: member of advisory council of National Woman's Party.

Miss Eleanor P. Barker, Indianapolis, state chairman for Indiana of Co...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, head and shoulders, Eleanor P. Barker of Indianapolis, Indiana, who served as Indiana state chairman of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, wearing... More

Women's Voter Convention, Sept. 1915. Alva Belmont seated second from right.

Women's Voter Convention, Sept. 1915. Alva Belmont seated second from ...

Public domain photograph of a crowd, event, meeting, demonstration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Otis Floyd Lamson, of Seattle, chairman of Washington Branch of National Woman's Party

Mrs. Otis Floyd Lamson, of Seattle, chairman of Washington Branch of N...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Half length portrait of Mrs. Otis Floyd Lamson, turned right, facing camera, off-the-shoulder dress. Cropped version of the photograph published in The Suff... More

Dr. Frances Lane, of Cody, Wyo., Chairman of the Wyoming Branch of the National Woman's Party

Dr. Frances Lane, of Cody, Wyo., Chairman of the Wyoming Branch of the...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Head and shoulders portrait of Dr. Frances Lane, facing left, wearing necklace and beaded gown.

Miss Priscilla Webster, of Boston, Massachusetts., preliminary organizer for the Woman's Party in Oregon.

Miss Priscilla Webster, of Boston, Massachusetts., preliminary organiz...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Half-length portrait of Priscilla Webster, seated in wooden armchair, wearing ruffled white blouse and dark hat, holding jacket, pencil, pocketbook and striped scarf in lea... More

Miss Margery Ross, of Pennsylvania, is one of the organizers for the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage.  She has organized for the Union in the District of Columbia and in Wyoming.  Miss Ross was one of the most active workers in the Pennsylvania referendum in the fall of 1915.

Miss Margery Ross, of Pennsylvania, is one of the organizers for the C...

Public domain scan of a female portrait, woman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Anita Pollitzer]. National Woman Party

[Anita Pollitzer]. National Woman Party

Summary: Outdoor photograph of Anita Pollitzer standing at the bottom of a set of steps, in coat and hat. Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Photographic studio transcribed from item.

Part of the Vast Billboard Campaign of the Woman's Party. Putting up billboard in Denver-- 1916.

Part of the Vast Billboard Campaign of the Woman's Party. Putting up b...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of unidentified woman putting up billboard with bucket and broom. Billboard reads: "'Women of Colorado, you have the vote. Get it for women of the nation by voti... More

[National Woman's Party members meet in Colorado Springs for a conference to decide a course of action during the 1916 presidential election campaign.] Aug. 10--11 to 15, 1916.  Left to right: Mrs. Hetty Wallis, Texas, Advisory Council, Harriot Stanton Blatch, N.Y., Florence Bayard Hilles, Del., Bertha Fowler, Colorado, Anne Martin, Nevada, Mrs. William Kent, California.  Colorado Springs Conference 1916.

[National Woman's Party members meet in Colorado Springs for a confere...

Title transcribed from item, with additional information derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Group of six National Woman's Party members posing together outside. Left to right: Mrs. Hetty Wallis, Tex... More

Vida Milholland [in jail cell]. National Woman Party

Vida Milholland [in jail cell]. National Woman Party

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Vida Milholland behind bars in a jail cell (District Jail, Washington, D.C.). Cropped version of the photograph published in The Suffragist, 6, no. 5 (Feb. 9,... More

Section of Working Women's Picket --Feb. 17 [18], 1917

Section of Working Women's Picket --Feb. 17 [18], 1917

Summary: Photograph of four members of contingent of wage-earning women pickets, walking in suffrage procession on city sidewalk. They wear coats, hats, and suffrage sashes, and carry suffrage banners. Others s... More

Catherine Flanagan, Gertrude Crocker [or Mrs. William Upton (Madeleine) Watson]

Catherine Flanagan, Gertrude Crocker [or Mrs. William Upton (Madeleine...

Summary: Catherine Flanagan (Left) and Gertrude Crocker [or Mrs. William Upton (Madeleine) Watson?] (Right) being placed under arrest as they picket with banners before the White House East Gate. Arresting poli... More

[Police arresting pickets Edna Dixon and Lavinia Dock in a crowd, August 1917.]

[Police arresting pickets Edna Dixon and Lavinia Dock in a crowd, Augu...

Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of crowds and policemen surrounding National Woman's Party members picketing with banners. Photograph published in The Suffragist, 5, no. 83 (Aug.... More

[Policewoman arrests Florence Youmans of Minnesota and Annie Arniel (center) of Delaware for refusing to give up their banners.]

[Policewoman arrests Florence Youmans of Minnesota and Annie Arniel (c...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Delaware, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alice Haines, Washington DC. National Woman Party

Alice Haines, Washington DC. National Woman Party

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Informal portrait, full-length, Alice Haines, facing forward, standing outdoors in front of building and holding a tricolor NWP banner and wearing a plaid s... More

Mrs. Susanna Morin Swing [holding banner, "Democracy Should Begin at Home."]

Mrs. Susanna Morin Swing [holding banner, "Democracy Should Begin at H...

Title transcribed from item, with additional information derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of Suzanne Morin Swing posing with banner, "Democracy Should Begin At Home." Photograph publish... More

[Suffragists picketing with banners in the rain during the Grand Picket] Mar. 4, 1917.

[Suffragists picketing with banners in the rain during the Grand Picke...

Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of suffragists marching on street with banners and other activists and passerbys with umbrellas on sidewalks in the rain.

Some of the picket line of Nov. 10, 1917. Left to right: Mrs. Catherine Martinette, Eagle Grove, Iowa. Mrs. William Kent, Kentfield, California. Miss Mary Bartlett Dixon, Easton, Md. Mrs. C.T. Robertson, Salt Lake City, Utah. Miss Cora Week, New York City. Miss Amy Ju[e]ngling, Buffalo, N.Y. Miss Hattie Kruger, Buffalo, N.Y. Miss Belle Sheinberg, N.Y.C. Miss Julia Emory, Baltimore, Md.

Some of the picket line of Nov. 10, 1917. Left to right: Mrs. Catherin...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of nine suffrage pickets standing single file along a tall lattice fence, with suffrage banners. Left to R: Catherine Martinette, Elizabeth Kent, Mary Bartlett D... More

The first suffrage picket line leaving the National Woman's Party headquarters to march to the White House gates on January 10, 1917. From left to right: Miss Berta Crone, of San Francisco, Miss Vivian Pierce, of San Diego, Miss Mildred Gilbert of San Francisco, Miss Maude Jamieson, of Norfolk, Virginia, Miss Joy Young of New York, Miss Mary Dowell of Philadelphia, Miss Gertrude Crocker of Chicago, Mrs. Bessie Papandre, of San Francisco, Miss Elizabeth Geary, of Chicago, Miss Frances Pepper of Washington, D.C., Miss Elizabeth Smith of Washington, D.C., and Miss Pauline Floyd of El Dorado, Ark.

The first suffrage picket line leaving the National Woman's Party head...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of picket line of National Woman's Party members holding banners in front of NWP headquarters.

Lucy Branham during World War I

Lucy Branham during World War I

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Informal portrait, full-length, Lucy Branham, facing forward, standing in front of a building and holding a sign, "We Demand That The American Government Gi... More

Miss Jeannette Rankin, of Montana, speaking from the balcony of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Monday, April 2, 1917.

Miss Jeannette Rankin, of Montana, speaking from the balcony of the Na...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Jeannette Rankin, at NAWSA headquarters, speaking from balcony, flags festooned above her. Photograph has been retouched and marked with crop marks for public... More

Miss Ella Riegel, of Bryn Mar, Pennsylvania, Finance Chairman for the joint conventions of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage and the National Woman's Party, to be held at Washington, March 1-4 inclusive.

Miss Ella Riegel, of Bryn Mar, Pennsylvania, Finance Chairman for the ...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Head-and-shoulders portrait of Ella Riegel, wearing ribbon throat band, right hand to cheek. A similar image was printed in The Suffragist (Jan. 12, 1918), n.p.

[National Woman's Party activists watch Alice Paul sew a star onto the NWP Ratification Flag, representing another state's ratification of the 19th Amendment]

[National Woman's Party activists watch Alice Paul sew a star onto the...

Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of six National Woman's Party members gathered around and watching Alice Paul stitching ratification flag. Mabel Vernon (seated far left), Alice P... More

Mrs. Quick in Membership Room, Washington DC

Mrs. Quick in Membership Room, Washington DC

Title and information transcribed from item. Photograph published in The Suffragist, 7, no. 31 (Aug. 9, 1919): 7. Summary: Informal portrait, Mrs. Quick, seated, facing right, and reading at desk by window in c... More

Hospital at D.C. prison showing, on 3rd floor right, Alice Paul's window boarded up.

Hospital at D.C. prison showing, on 3rd floor right, Alice Paul's wind...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Image of exterior of prison hospital. Photograph published in The Suffragist, 7, no. 1 (Feb. 1, 1919): 6.

Adelaide Johnson standing in front of marble which would be used for Women's Pioneer Statue, Italy, ca. 1919-1921.

Adelaide Johnson standing in front of marble which would be used for W...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Adelaide Johnson standing outside in front of a large slab of marble and near cattle and trees. Photograph published in The Suffragist, 8, no. 9 (Oct. 1920): n.p.

Party meeting with Sen. Harding at his home in Marion, Ohio.

Party meeting with Sen. Harding at his home in Marion, Ohio.

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of crowd of National Woman's Party activists gathered outside the home of Warren G. Harding with suffrage banners. Photograph published in The Suffragist, 8, no.... More

Party members picketing the Republican convention in Chicago, June 1920.

Party members picketing the Republican convention in Chicago, June 192...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of line of suffragists (right) picketing with banners on city sidewalks, with passerbys (left). Banner in foreground reads: "Republicans We Are Here Where is The... More

In a room like this in an industrial plant, a little injury is deprived of its chance to be a big one. From the points of her starched cap to the points of her scissors, the industrial nurse is a discouragement to the germs of infection, while her sympathetic interest, her willingness to do everything she can, is an antidote for a grudge against the firm.

In a room like this in an industrial plant, a little injury is deprive...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of a room full of nurses treating men at tables.

Richard Bennett, noted actor, calling at National Woman's Party Headquarters, underwrites the Equal Rights campaign, and declares: - "Certainly I am a feminist and will stand back of you women until the Equal Rights Amendment is passed by Congress." Mr. Bennett is surrounded by a group of National Woman's Party leaders. (Left to right) Anita Pollitzer, National Secretary of the Woman's Party, Richard Bennett, Wilma Henderson, National Organizer: (upper left) Mrs. Everett Bray, a Founder, and Jessica D. Henerson, member of the Massachusetts State Committee.

Richard Bennett, noted actor, calling at National Woman's Party Headqu...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of four National Woman's Party leaders with actor Richard Bennett, all seated reading document.

Madame J. C. De Veyra, wife of the Philippino Commissioner to the United States and president of the Woman's Club of Manila which has led in the suffrage movement for women of the Philippines.

Madame J. C. De Veyra, wife of the Philippino Commissioner to the Unit...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Head-and-shoulders portrait of Madame J. C. DeVeyra, wearing fur hat and fur coat. Explanatory (typed) caption included with image, headlined: "WORLD PROMIN... More

Alice Paul, Elizabeth Kalb, mailing invitations to conference to decide if [National Woman's] party will continue

Alice Paul, Elizabeth Kalb, mailing invitations to conference to decid...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Alice Paul, Elizabeth Kalb, and two other women sitting and working around a table at National Woman's Party headquarters, Washington, D.C.

Eva Le Gallienne, Chrmn. - Actresses Council National Advisory Council - NWP

Eva Le Gallienne, Chrmn. - Actresses Council National Advisory Council...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, head and chest, Eva Le Gallienne, facing left with head turned toward camera, wearing embroidered blouse and short-cropped hair.

Madame Alla Nazimova, the great Emotional actress, picks up the Purple White & Gold  Banner of the National Woman's Party in token of her Allegiance to Equality for men and women. Mme. Nazimova has just become a Founder of the Woman's Party.

Madame Alla Nazimova, the great Emotional actress, picks up the Purple...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Informal portrait, three-quarter length, Alla Nazimova, looking up, standing with tricolor NWP banner draped across chest. Verso: "Photos & Publicity File N... More

Votes for Women. First prize in Vineland [New Jersey] parade

Votes for Women. First prize in Vineland [New Jersey] parade

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Postcard image of women and girls wearing suffrage sashes riding on a "Votes for Women" float pulled on street by horses, American flag on the back of the float. Postcard a... More

The fifteenth amendment. American Civil War 1861-1865.

The fifteenth amendment. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Print showing President Grant sitting at the center of a large table, with several men clustered around, signing the 15th amendment granting that the right to vote cannot be denied on basis of race or color. Fr... More

Votes for Women postcard. National Woman Party

Votes for Women postcard. National Woman Party

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of the address side of postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Female suffrage - wouldn't it put too much power into the hands of Brigham Young, and his tribe? [cartoon showing Brigham Young leading parade of women carrying babies]

Female suffrage - wouldn't it put too much power into the hands of Bri...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 29 (1869 Oct. 2), p. 56.

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