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Besse Moton Garner--attorney, corresponding sect'y of Mich[igan] Branch Nat'l Woman's Party, who met start on tour [with] Margaret Whittemore

Besse Moton Garner--attorney, corresponding sect'y of Mich[igan] Branc...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Outdoor photograph of Besse Moton Garner and Margaret Whittemore, standing together by automobile, in snow, wearing overcoats with fur collars and hats.

Miss [Ida A.] Craft as she tramped from New York City to Albany - on the hike for woman suffrage.

Miss [Ida A.] Craft as she tramped from New York City to Albany - on t...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Portrait, Ida A. Craft, full-length, standing, facing right with head turned toward camera, wearing cape, hat, and gloves, and holding a walking stick in he... More

DEMOCRATIC WOMEN. WOMAN SUFFRAGE

DEMOCRATIC WOMEN. WOMAN SUFFRAGE

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

Reverend Anna Howard Shaw. National Woman Party

Reverend Anna Howard Shaw. National Woman Party

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Informal portrait, full-length, Anna Howard Shaw, facing forward, wearing coat and fur stole, standing in front of a door, with left arm bent at elbow and r... More

Mrs. John T. Morrison of Idaho is one of the prominent members of the advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage.  Mrs. Morrison is wife of the Governor of Idaho and took a prominent part in the Convention of the Congressional Union in that State.  She with Miss Margaret Roberts are Chairman of a Committee to carry on the work of the Congressional Union in that State.

Mrs. John T. Morrison of Idaho is one of the prominent members of the ...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Head-and-shoulders portrait of Mrs. John T. Morrison, facing front, wearing white blouse with floral vest, and wire-framed eyeglasses. Cropped version of the photograph pub... More

[Billboard signs welcoming suffrage envoys from San Francisco to Washington, D.C.]

[Billboard signs welcoming suffrage envoys from San Francisco to Washi...

Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of billboard signs on brick wall welcoming arrival of Congressional Union automobile envoys in Washington, D.C.: "Welcome to envoys of women voter... More

Miss Kathleen Taylor, of New York.  Speaker and organizer for the  Woman's Party in Kansas.

Miss Kathleen Taylor, of New York. Speaker and organizer for the Wom...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Head-and-shoulders portrait of Kathleen Taylor, wearing checked jacket, shirt, and plaid tie with tie clip.

[Women's Suffrage Headquarters]

[Women's Suffrage Headquarters]

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

[Suffragists Protest Woodrow Wilson's Opposition to Woman Suffrage, October 1916]

[Suffragists Protest Woodrow Wilson's Opposition to Woman Suffrage, Oc...

Summary: Photograph of women suffrage activists wearing suffrage sashes demonstrating with signs at city street corner. Signs read "President Wilson How Long Do You Advise Us to Wait?", "Vote Against Wilson He ... More

Miss Elsie M. Hill, of Conn[ecticut], a Congressional Union picket at the gate of the White House.

Miss Elsie M. Hill, of Conn[ecticut], a Congressional Union picket at ...

Title transcribed from image. Summary: Informal portrait, half-length, Elsie M. Hill, taken outdoors on picket line, wearing wide-brimmed hat with fur trim, coat, fur stole, and tricolor (purple, white, gold) s... More

Sailors attacking pickets, 1917, while policemen look casually on-- (Two policemen leaning against fence at left of street lamp pole on right)

Sailors attacking pickets, 1917, while policemen look casually on-- (T...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of a large crowd of people on sidewalk and city street, including sailors, facing picketing suffragists who hold banners at gates of the White House.

Women Voters Day on the Picket line-- Feb. 14, 1917

Women Voters Day on the Picket line-- Feb. 14, 1917

Summary: Women pickets in suffrage procession down city sidewalk. Two hold American flags, three hold suffrage color banners, and one a banner with text (obscured). Lead woman (Hazel Hunkins-Hallinan) carrying ... More

Cell in D.C. jail. National Woman Party

Cell in D.C. jail. National Woman Party

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Image of the interior of a prison cell, with sink, toilet, and cot.

Miss [Lucy] Burns in Occoquan Workhouse, Washington

Miss [Lucy] Burns in Occoquan Workhouse, Washington

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Informal portrait, Lucy Burns, three-quarter length, seated, facing forward, holding a newspaper in her lap in front of a prison cell, likely at Occoquan Wo... More

Women suffrage parade, Wash., D. C.

Women suffrage parade, Wash., D. C.

Photograph shows four women marching ahead of large procession with the banner "We demand the passage of the Bristow-Mondell amendment" at the woman suffrage parade in Washington, D.C.

Van bringing suffrage prisoners to D.C. prison.

Van bringing suffrage prisoners to D.C. prison.

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of people and cars outside large stone building.

Picket banners at Cameron House Hdqters-- Lafayette Sq.

Picket banners at Cameron House Hdqters-- Lafayette Sq.

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of group of suffragists wearing coats, hats, and suffrage sashes and holding banners in front of Lafayette Square headquarters, NWP. Banners read: "Mr. President... More

Miss Mildred Glines, chairman Rhode Island, NWP [National Woman's Party].  Through Miss Glines['s] efforts the Rhode Island Legislature has just passed a resolution calling upon Senators to work and vote for amendment.

Miss Mildred Glines, chairman Rhode Island, NWP [National Woman's Part...

Title and name and address of photographer transcribed from image. Summary: Formal portrait, head and chest, Mildred H. Glines of Rhode Island, wearing wide-brimmed hat, wide-collared, light blouse with dark ti... More

[Suffragists marching in rainy street during the Grand Picket, March 4, 1917.]

[Suffragists marching in rainy street during the Grand Picket, March 4...

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

[Arrest of White House pickets Catherine Flanagan of Hartford, Connecticut (left), and Madeleine Watson of Chicago (right).]

[Arrest of White House pickets Catherine Flanagan of Hartford, Connect...

Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of Catherine Flanagan (Left) and [Mrs. William Upton (Madeleine) Watson?] ( R) of the National Woman's Party being arrested as they picket with ba... More

Virginia Arnold [holding Kaiser Wilson banner].

Virginia Arnold [holding Kaiser Wilson banner].

Title transcribed from item, with additional information derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of Virginia Arnold posing with banner: "Kaiser Wilson Have you forgotten your sympathy with the... More

Doris Stevens, Legislative Chairman, [National Woman's Party]

Doris Stevens, Legislative Chairman, [National Woman's Party]

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Portrait of Doris Stevens, seated, hands on knee, facing camera, wearing broad-brimmed hat. Back of print is stamped "May 25 1919". Identifications of Stevens as "Legislati... More

Miss [Elizabeth] Kalb - Suffragist Editorial Room

Miss [Elizabeth] Kalb - Suffragist Editorial Room

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Elizabeth Green Kalb, facing right, with back to camera, seated at paper-covered desk in corner office, with typewriter and file cabinets near... More

Mrs. Anne Calvert Neely of Vicksburg, Mississippi

Mrs. Anne Calvert Neely of Vicksburg, Mississippi

Title and information transcribed from item. Cropped version of the photograph published in The Suffragist, 8, no. 5 (June 1920): n.p. Summary: Formal portrait, head and chest, Anne Calvert Neely, facing forwar... More

Clara Snell Wolfe, 1st Vice Chairman National Woman's Party and Chairman Ohio Branch

Clara Snell Wolfe, 1st Vice Chairman National Woman's Party and Chairm...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, head and chest, Clara Snell Wolfe, facing forward, wearing eyeglasses and v-neck dress with wide bands of embroidery . Verso: "1841 Roxbury... More

The Women's Pioneer Statue being moved into the U.S. Capitol, Jan.  1921.

The Women's Pioneer Statue being moved into the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 19...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of the Women's Pioneer Statue being hauled up the Capitol steps.

Members of the first students' "Women for Congress" Conference launching their campaign by flying the National Woman's Party colors on private yacht in preparation for the Conference at Westport-on-Lake Champlain, N.Y., August 15, 16 and 17.

Members of the first students' "Women for Congress" Conference launchi...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of two women on yacht in a lake, with a third woman in a canoe and a fourth on the shore in the foreground. Photograph printed in Equal Rights, v. 9, 25 (Aug. 2,... More

Nina B. Lamkin, Director Woman's Division, Highland Park, Michigan, Recreation Commission.  Directing Pageant for Mid-Western Conference National Woman's Party.  Bloomfield Hills, Detroit, Michigan.  June 4th to 7th inclusive.

Nina B. Lamkin, Director Woman's Division, Highland Park, Michigan, Re...

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

Dorothy Thompson, Journalist.  Prominent member [of] NWP [National Woman's Party].  Lectured on feminism at Carleton Hotel, Wash[ington], D.C., Feb. 1936.  For Benefit of Equal Rights Amendment Fund. (Wife of Sinclair Lewis, Novelist).

Dorothy Thompson, Journalist. Prominent member [of] NWP [National Wom...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Head-and-shoulders portrait of Dorothy Thompson, wearing fur. Courtesy of Bacharach Studio, 321 S. Washington St. Alexandria, VA. 22314.

James Y. Smith to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, February 03, 1865  (Telegram reporting ratification of 13th Amendment)
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. National Woman Party

Votes for Women. National Woman Party

Picryl description: Public domain image of a horse carriage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Temple of liberty. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Temple of liberty. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A crude allegorical woodcut, bold in design, and probably produced for a banner or similar type of display. In the center is a peristyle Temple with an altar on which the figure of Liberty rises from a flame. T... More

Bill of rights. A declaration of rights made by the representatives of the good people of Virginia, assembled in full and free convention; which rights do pertain to them, and their posterity, as the basis and foundation of government. Unanimous

Bill of rights. A declaration of rights made by the representatives of...

Page Order: Multipage 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 186, Folder 17.

Bill of rights. A declaration of rights made by the representatives of the good people of Virginia, assembled in full and free convention; which rights do pertain to them, and their posterity, as the basis and foundation of government. Unanimous

Bill of rights. A declaration of rights made by the representatives of...

Page Order: Multipage 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 186, Folder 17.

Enclosure: Fliers supporting women's suffrage

Enclosure: Fliers supporting women's suffrage

Picryl description: Public domain image - rare book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Enclosure: Fliers supporting women's suffrage

Enclosure: Fliers supporting women's suffrage

Picryl description: Public domain image - rare book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Votes for women! The woman's reason. ... National American woman suffrage association. Headquarters: 505 Fifth Avenue, New York.

Votes for women! The woman's reason. ... National American woman suffr...

Title.; Woman suffrage. 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 132, Folder 4.

The  speaker of the House, or, The views of Senator Boob. Part 4

The speaker of the House, or, The views of Senator Boob. Part 4

Picryl description: Public domain historic political document page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Jefferies, in the character of Atropos, cutting the thread of English Liberty, British Cartoon Print

Jefferies, in the character of Atropos, cutting the thread of English ...

Print shows King John seated at a small table outside his tent, signing Magna Carta, behind him stand by two bishops. Four men are pulling a rope, the "thread of English Liberty", which is attached to King John... More

Bottled politics / J. Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Bottled politics / J. Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows two old men, one of whom may be Uncle Sam holding a glass, sitting at a table in a saloon, on which is a large bottle of alcohol labeled "Regulated Ohio Brand", on a shelf behind them are other bott... 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."

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.

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

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 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

James Madison's copy of the Bill of Rights

James Madison's copy of the Bill of Rights

Public domain scan of the book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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.

The Fifteenth Amendment and its results / drawn by G.F. Kahl.

The Fifteenth Amendment and its results / drawn by G.F. Kahl.

Another of several large prints commemorating the celebration in Baltimore of the enactment of the Fifteenth Amendment. (See also nos. 1870-2 and 1870-3.) A group of black men, on horseback and wearing top hats... More

The result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the rise and progress of the African race in America and its final accomplishment, and celebration on May 19th, A.D., 1870

The result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the rise and progress of th...

A slightly altered version of another print by the same title also issued by Metcalf and Clark (no. 1870-2), commemorating the enactment of the Fifteenth Amendment and its celebration in Baltimore. In the cente... More

Emancipation Ordinance of Missouri. An ordinance abolishing slavery in Missouri / E. Knobel.

Emancipation Ordinance of Missouri. An ordinance abolishing slavery in...

One of two splendid, large allegorical prints commemorating the ordinance providing for the immediate emancipation of slaves in Missouri. (See also no. 1865-1.) The ordinance was passed on January 11, 1865, thr... More

Mrs. May Wright Sewall, late Pres. International Council of Women

Mrs. May Wright Sewall, late Pres. International Council of Women

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, head and chest, May Eliza Wright Sewall, facing forward, wearing lace collar and ruffled dress.

Women's Suffrage Bill in Wisconsin

Women's Suffrage Bill in Wisconsin

Woman suffrage bill passed unanimously in the Wisconsin Senate on March 31, but was defeated in the Assembly April 28. Iowa Senate also defeated woman suffrage bill.

Call for the Forty-Second Annual Convention of the National American Women Suffrage Association at Washington, D.C., April 14-19, 1910

Call for the Forty-Second Annual Convention of the National American W...

Summaries progress in suffrage in foreign countries and at home; reports travel and hotel arrangements

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