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Lucretia Mott. - Public domain portrait photograph

Lucretia Mott. - Public domain portrait photograph

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Elizabeth L. Comstock, Union Springs, N.Y., and Laura S. Heaviland (Chicago Suburban), Englewood, Ills.

Elizabeth L. Comstock, Union Springs, N.Y., and Laura S. Heaviland (Ch...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Studio portrait, full-length, seated, Elizabeth L. Comstock (left), wearing a cloak and lightweight bonnet and holding a second dress bonnet, and Laura S. Heaviland (right)... More

Cadillaqua auto parade, 1912, women's suffrage section

Cadillaqua auto parade, 1912, women's suffrage section

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Women's Suffrage Gains Point. House Judiciary Committee agrees to submit adverse report of suffrage amendment to full House

Women's Suffrage Gains Point. House Judiciary Committee agrees to subm...

House Chairman Jenkins opposed to suffrage amendment as a limit to states rights. NB: include ribbon here, as nothing specific known about it.

Mrs. Cyrus Mead [Dorothy M. Mead], of Vandalia, Ohio, state chairman of Ohio branch of Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage.  Spent considerable time at national headquarters in Washington, where she gained first hand knowledge of the Congressional situation.  Spoke before the United States Senate Committee on Woman Suffrage last December.

Mrs. Cyrus Mead [Dorothy M. Mead], of Vandalia, Ohio, state chairman o...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Half-length portrait of Dorothy M. Mead (Mrs. Cyrus Mead), seated in chair, facing right. Cropped version of the photograph published in The Suffragist, 6, no. 10 (Mar. 16,... More

Dr. Mary Parsons, 1st woman physician to practice medicine south of Mason-Dixon Line.

Dr. Mary Parsons, 1st woman physician to practice medicine south of Ma...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Informal portrait, head and chest, Dr. Mary Parsons, leaning against wall, facing forward, wearing outer garment over dress with brooch and eyeglasses.

Mrs. Stephen Pell [Sarah Thompson Pell], 777 Madison Av, NYC, Finance Ch[air] of [National] Woman's Party

Mrs. Stephen Pell [Sarah Thompson Pell], 777 Madison Av, NYC, Finance ...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Head-and-shoulders portrait of Sarah Thompson Pell, facing right, wearing dark dress with white lace collar, necklace and earrings. Descriptive label on alt... More

Mrs. Charles de Loosey Oelrichs is one of the prominent members of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage.  Mrs. Oelrichs is one of the most beautiful young matrons in New York and Newport society.  She has recently become interested in suffrage and took an active part in the Dansante given by the Congressional Union at Marble House, Newport, [Rhode Island], Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont's beautiful summer home.

Mrs. Charles de Loosey Oelrichs is one of the prominent members of the...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Oval portrait of Mrs. Charles Deloosey Oelrichs [and daughter?] in formal gowns.

Dean Emma M. [N.] Gillette - in honor of whose memory - services will be held in the Capitol of the U.S. on May 15 - at 3 P.M.

Dean Emma M. [N.] Gillette - in honor of whose memory - services will ...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, head and chest, Dr. Emma N. Gillette, facing slightly to the right with head turned front toward camera, wearing cap and gown. Verso: "Retu... More

Mrs. Inez Milholland Boissevain, of New York.  Member of National Advisory Council of Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage.  Graduate of Vassar College and of the New York Law University.

Mrs. Inez Milholland Boissevain, of New York. Member of National Advi...

Title and photographer transcribed from item. Summary: Formal, half-length portrait of lawyer and suffrage activist Inez Milholland Boissevain, facing left and looking toward camera, wearing a sleeveless, low-c... More

[Mrs. Margaret Zane Cherdron, Utah, State Chairman for Woman's Party in Utah; Member National Executive Committee, Woman's Party.]

[Mrs. Margaret Zane Cherdron, Utah, State Chairman for Woman's Party i...

Summary: Formal portrait, head and shoulders, face in profile turned to right, Margaret Zane Witcher Cherdron, wearing high-necked, lace-trimmed collar. Title transcribed from caption on identical print in same... More

Miss Alice Carpenter, Chairman, N.Y. City Committee, C.U. [Congressional Union], 50 E. 42nd St., Room 1003

Miss Alice Carpenter, Chairman, N.Y. City Committee, C.U. [Congression...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, three-quarter length, seated and looking downward at book on lap, of Alice Carpenter, chairman of New York City Committee, Congressional Union, wearing v-n... More

Liberty and her Attendants - (Suffragette's Tableau) in Front of Treasury Bldg. March 3, 1913 - Washington, D.C.

Liberty and her Attendants - (Suffragette's Tableau) in Front of Treas...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of women and girls in Greek costume in suffrage tableau in front of the Treasury Building, Washington, D.C. Central figure is dressed in toga as Liberty. On vers... More

Judge Mary A. [Mary Margaret] Bartelme, of Illinois, is second vice-chairman of the National Woman's Party.  She is the judge of the Children's Night Court of Chicago.

Judge Mary A. [Mary Margaret] Bartelme, of Illinois, is second vice-ch...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Formal, half-length portrait of Mary Bartelme, second vice-chairman of the National Woman's Party and judge of the Children's Night Court of Chicago, seated at paper-covere... More

Nation-wide demonstrations were held on May 2nd in support of Federal Amendment. Envoys from these demonstrations brought petitions to Washington on May 9th and carried them in procession to Congress from Lafayette Square. Five thousand women massed on and about the East Steps of the Capitol singing Ethel Smyth's Hymn of the Women before entering the Rotunda to deliver the petitions.

Nation-wide demonstrations were held on May 2nd in support of Federal ...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of large crowd of suffragists who took part in Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage procession of May 9, 1914, gathered on the steps of the U.S. Capitol (those... More

Mrs. George T. Odell, of Washington, D.C., vice-chairman of the Legislative Committee of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, is one of the delegates to the Womans' Party Convention.

Mrs. George T. Odell, of Washington, D.C., vice-chairman of the Legisl...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Portrait of Mrs. George Talbot Odell, seated, gloved hands in lap, wearing dark fur-trimmed jacket with fur muff, and broad-brimmed hat with feather. Altern... More

Mrs. Janice Rector of Columbus, member Advisory Council of National Woman's Party, and member of Tennessee Advisory Committee

Mrs. Janice Rector of Columbus, member Advisory Council of National Wo...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Informal portrait, three-quarter length, Kenyon Hayden Rector, facing right, wearing hat and holding pocketbook under left arm, standing outdoors in front o... More

Mrs. Oscar F. Davisson of Dayton, Ohio, is one of the most recent members of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage.  Mrs. Davisson is President of the Dayton and Montgomery County Woman Suffrage Association and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Ohio State Woman Suffrage Association.

Mrs. Oscar F. Davisson of Dayton, Ohio, is one of the most recent memb...

Title and name and address of photographer transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, head and shoulders, Jesse Leech Davisson, facing left with head turned partly toward camera.

[Suffrage envoys from San Francisco greeted in New Jersey on their way to Washington to present a petition to Congress Suffrage envoys from San Francisco greeted containing more than 500,000 signatures.]

[Suffrage envoys from San Francisco greeted in New Jersey on their way...

Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of group of smiling women and two children standing with banners on sidewalk. Banner on left: "We demand an amendment to the United States Constit... More

Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, California, member national advisory council of Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage; vice chairman National Woman’s Party.

Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, California, member national advisory council of Co...

Title and name and address of photographer transcribed from image. Summary: Formal portrait, half-length, seated in chair, Phoebe Apperson Hearst of California, facing left with head turned toward camera, right... More

Mrs. J.A.H. [Alison Turnbull] Hopkins' car in front of N.J. Headquarters, 17 W. Parls Street, Newark. Mrs. Morris B. Mead (South Orange), Chairman of 10 C.D. by car - Miss Agnes F. Campbell, organizer tying on banner.

Mrs. J.A.H. [Alison Turnbull] Hopkins' car in front of N.J. Headquarte...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Mrs. Morris B. Mead (Left) of South Orange, N.J., and Miss Agnes F. Campbell (Right), organizer, tying suffrage banner ("We Demand An Amendment to the United ... More

Miss Margaretta Van Rensellaer Schuyler, of Portland, Me., has been assigned to Wyoming as a preliminary worker in the Woman's Party campaign against President Wilson and national Democratic candidates.  She has worked as a reporter on the Portland Express, and recently acted as secretary to Mrs. August Belmont.

Miss Margaretta Van Rensellaer Schuyler, of Portland, Me., has been as...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Head-and-shoulders portrait of Margaretta Van Rensellaer Schuyler, wearing straw hat, checked jacket, and white collared shirt. Schuyler was secretary to Alva Belmont (1853-1933).

Campaign in Oregon-- Margaret Fay Whittemore, Mary Gertrude Fendall, Pendleton, Oregon, Sept 23, '16

Campaign in Oregon-- Margaret Fay Whittemore, Mary Gertrude Fendall, P...

Title and date transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of man driving two women (Mary G. Fendall, left, and Margaret Whittemore, right) in car on street. Banner on car: "We Demand an Amendment to the U.S. Co... More

Tier in D.C. prison where suffragists were confined in 1917.

Tier in D.C. prison where suffragists were confined in 1917.

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Image of interior of prison, with cells, tables and chairs.

Miss Anne Martin, of Reno, Nevada, legislative chairman of the National Woman's Party on behalf of the national suffrage amendment.

Miss Anne Martin, of Reno, Nevada, legislative chairman of the Nationa...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, three-quarter length, Anne Martin, facing forward, seated in chair, with body turned slightly to left, wearing a suit with open-collared bl... More

Mrs. Alexandra Shields, Born West Point, Ga., Home Amarillo, Texas.  On picket line July 4, 1917.

Mrs. Alexandra Shields, Born West Point, Ga., Home Amarillo, Texas. O...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Head-and-shoulders portrait of Mrs. Alexander Shields, with short hair and bare shoulders.

Rep. Jeanette Rankin of Montana, left, reading The Suffragist, Washington, ca. 1917-1918

Rep. Jeanette Rankin of Montana, left, reading The Suffragist, Washing...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Jeanette Rankin, with hat, fur muff, and issue of The Suffragist, in storefront doorway with two unidentified women, who also hold copies of the paper.

Peaceful Picket - The great interest of people in the picket line - but no blocking of traffic until arrests began-- Feb. 1917.

Peaceful Picket - The great interest of people in the picket line - bu...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of crowd of people watching picketing women outside the gate of the White House, with passerbys on sidewalk (women, men, children). Photograph published in The S... More

Suffrage demonstration at Lafayette Statue (to get the last vote in the Senate) before June 4 1919

Suffrage demonstration at Lafayette Statue (to get the last vote in th...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of five National Woman's Party members demonstrating, with banners, in front of the Lafayette Statue. Lucy Branham, center, is burning President Wilson's words. ... More

Mary Gertrude Fendall, [of Maryland], and Mary Dubrow [of New Jersey].

Mary Gertrude Fendall, [of Maryland], and Mary Dubrow [of New Jersey].

Title and name and address of photographer transcribed from item. Summary: Mary Gertrude Fendall (left) and Mary Dubrow (right) standing outside what is likely National Woman's Party headquarters, holding betwe... More

WOMAN SUFFRAGE. GOV. SPROUL OF PENNSYLVANIA SIGNING SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT

WOMAN SUFFRAGE. GOV. SPROUL OF PENNSYLVANIA SIGNING SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT

A group of people standing around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Baggage for Prison Special - Jackson Place Hdqtrs on Lafayette Sq.
[Three National Woman's Party members with "Wage Earners" banner during the dedication ceremonies for the Alva E. Belmont House, 1922.]

[Three National Woman's Party members with "Wage Earners" banner durin...

Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of three women in white dresses, standing outside with two flags and banner that reads: "Wage Earners."

[Inez Milholland Memorial, Westport, N.Y., 1923]

[Inez Milholland Memorial, Westport, N.Y., 1923]

Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of Alice Paul and a group of young women in white costumes with headbands, standing at Inez Milholland's gravesite.

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

Women's Arguments Against Woman Suffrage

Women's Arguments Against Woman Suffrage

Suffragist's reply to anti-suffragist "official paper" read at New York Senate hearings on suffrage

A squelcher for woman suffrage / C.J. Taylor.

A squelcher for woman suffrage / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows a woman being denied the opportunity to vote because she is wearing a dress and a hat that are too wide for the narrow booths labeled "Ballots Must Be Prepared In These Booths" where the ballots are... More

Women voting at Pitt. - Public domain  photograph

Women voting at Pitt. - Public domain photograph

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

"Bryan's my man--Who's yours?" / Keller.

"Bryan's my man--Who's yours?" / Keller.

Postcard showing a portrait of a woman of status with a caption saying, "Bryan's my man-Who's yours?", suggesting her support for William Jennings Bryan during his third bid for president in 1908 in which he us... More

Dr. Caroline Spencer. National Woman Party

Dr. Caroline Spencer. National Woman Party

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, half-length, Caroline E. Spencer, facing slightly left with head turned toward camera, wearing eyeglasses, hat, and coat, over lace-collare... More

Women's Political Union delegation, Western New York, ca. 1910-1915. Phyllis Miller, [W]igger [the] Horse, Ida Armquist, Elisabeth Worth Miller, Jack McGee, Alfred Thompsen, Elisabeth Freeman, Teddy & Taft [the] Oxen.

Women's Political Union delegation, Western New York, ca. 1910-1915. P...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of three women and two men standing next to ox-driven wagon with banner, "Votes for Women." Another woman sits on a horse nearby.

Elizabeth Freeman. - Black and White Portrait Photograph

Elizabeth Freeman. - Black and White Portrait Photograph

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Frederick (Mary) Nolan. National Woman Party

Mrs. Frederick (Mary) Nolan. National Woman Party

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, head and chest, Mary A. Nolan, facing forward, with lace collar and necklace. Mrs. Mary A. Nolan of Jacksonville, Fla., was often described... More

[Mrs. W. Thompson Burch] - Public domain portrait photograph

[Mrs. W. Thompson Burch] - Public domain portrait photograph

Summary: Full-length, studio portrait of Mrs. W. Thompson Burch, standing in a long formal dress facing right with head turned toward camera. Title taken from duplicate image in the same folder. Name and addres... More

Amalia E. Mallen de Ostalaza, Pres. of Nat[ional] Suffrage Party of Cuba

Amalia E. Mallen de Ostalaza, Pres. of Nat[ional] Suffrage Party of Cu...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Women, including those representing the states of Wisconsin and Oregon, and delegations from Womans' clubs, assemble  in first national suffrage parade, Washington, D.C.]

[Women, including those representing the states of Wisconsin and Orego...

Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of contingents of suffragists marching with banners on street. Banners read: "Delegations From Womans Clubs", "Wisconsin," and "Oregon."

Mrs. George A. Fowler, Sr., chairman Colorado Branch, [National Woman’s Party].

Mrs. George A. Fowler, Sr., chairman Colorado Branch, [National Woman’...

Title and name and address of photographer transcribed from image. Summary: Formal portrait, three-quarter length, standing, Bertha W. Fowler of Colorado, facing left with head slightly turned toward camera, we... More

[New Jersey delegates in front of Congressional Union headquarters.]

[New Jersey delegates in front of Congressional Union headquarters.]

Summary: Photograph of large group of women standing on front steps and street in front of building, National American Woman Suffrage Association office, lower level, Wilcox, Hane & Co. Real Estate office and C... More

Miss Hazel MacKaye - A black and white photo of a woman holding a dog

Miss Hazel MacKaye - A black and white photo of a woman holding a dog

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Informal half-length photograph of Hazel MacKaye in outdoor setting, wearing checked dress with button trim and white collar, smiling, holding a medium-sized dog in her arm... More

Miss Ada James of Wisconsin is one of the prominent members of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage.  Miss James was formerly President of the Political Equality League of Wisconsin.  Her prominence in that State where her father has been a well known member of the State Legislature, has enabled her to contribute greatly to the strength of the Congressional Union in that section of the country.

Miss Ada James of Wisconsin is one of the prominent members of the Adv...

Title and name and address of photographer transcribed from image. Summary: Formal portrait, head and shoulders, Ada L. James of Wisconsin, facing right with head turned slightly toward camera, wearing high-nec... More

Mrs. Edith Barriger, state chairman of Missouri for Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage; member advisory council National Woman's Party.

Mrs. Edith Barriger, state chairman of Missouri for Congressional Unio...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, head and shoulders, Edith Barriger, Missouri state chairman of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, wearing wide-brimmed hat, necklace, and brooch. ... More

[Women on horseback in suffrage parade, Washington, D.C., May 9, 1914.]

[Women on horseback in suffrage parade, Washington, D.C., May 9, 1914....

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Mrs. Mary Austin, of California, the noted writer, [is] a prominent member of the National Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage.  She is a graduate of Blackburn University where she received the degree of A.B.

Mrs. Mary Austin, of California, the noted writer, [is] a prominent me...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, head and shoulders turned slightly to right facing camera, of writer Mary Hunter Austin of California, who served on the Congressional Union National Advis... More

Miriam Rollin - 1298 College Avenue, New York City (Age 23)

Miriam Rollin - 1298 College Avenue, New York City (Age 23)

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, full-length, Miriam Rollin, seated on a balustrade, facing right with head turned back toward camera, wearing long skirt, blouse, and vest.... More

Mrs. Robert Morton, Chairman of Wyoming Branch of National Woman's Party

Mrs. Robert Morton, Chairman of Wyoming Branch of National Woman's Par...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vida Milholland, New York City, New York City

Vida Milholland, New York City, New York City

Summary: Half-length studio portrait of Vida Milholland, seated on decorative bench, turned to look toward camera, wearing fur-trimmed embroidered jacket and large-brimmed hat, decorated with ruffle trim, beadw... More

Rose Winslow of New York; daughter of Polish miner and steel worker in Pennsylvania.  She worked in textile mills from the age of eleven to nineteen, until tuberculosis forced her to cease work altogether for two years.  She has done factory inspection and trade union organization for women in the Consumers' League and Women's Trade Union League. Spent last three years, when able to work, campaigning for women suffrage.  Took part in anti-Democratic campaign of California with Lucy Burns.  Spokeswoman in working women's deputation to President Wilson, February, 1914.

Rose Winslow of New York; daughter of Polish miner and steel worker in...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Half-length portrait of Rose Winslow (born Ruza Wenclawska, Poland], wearing dark jumper and white blouse, with dark tam. Cropped version of the photograph published in The... More

Mrs. Margaret B. Laird, 34 Goldsmith Ave., Newark N.J.  For four years treasurer N.J. Branch National Woman's Party--member of Contemporary Club Elected to New Jersey Assembly Nov. 1920

Mrs. Margaret B. Laird, 34 Goldsmith Ave., Newark N.J. For four years...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Head-and-shoulders portrait of Margaret B. Laird, facing forward, with necklace.

Miss Berta Crone of San Francisco on the CUWS [Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage] picket line at the White House gates.

Miss Berta Crone of San Francisco on the CUWS [Congressional Union for...

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

[Police arrest pickets, August 1917.]

[Police arrest pickets, August 1917.]

Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of crowds of people outside around a police wagon.

Lincoln's birthday. On the banners during Congressional debate on whether we should enter the war.

Lincoln's birthday. On the banners during Congressional debate on whet...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Six National Woman's Party activists display three banners about woman suffrage, tall lattice fence in background. Banner on left (held by two women) reads: "Denmark on the... More

Mary Dubrow speaking in Washington, D.C.

Mary Dubrow speaking in Washington, D.C.

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Mary Dubrow, left, speaking to crowd of men, women, and children at public park, Washington, D.C. Baby in bassinette at front of audience, policemen looking on. Similar ima... More

[Suffrage protestors burn speech by President Wilson at Lafayette Statue in Washington, D.C.]

[Suffrage protestors burn speech by President Wilson at Lafayette Stat...

Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of National Woman's Party members demonstrating, with banners, in front of the Lafayette Statue. Jessie Benton MacKaye speaking (second from left,... More

Mrs. Donald R. Hooker, Baltimore, Md., who will speak at Woman's Party Conference, Seneca Falls, July 21

Mrs. Donald R. Hooker, Baltimore, Md., who will speak at Woman's Party...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, head and chest, Edith Houghton Hooker, facing slightly to the left with head turned toward camera and tilted slightly back, wearing lace-tr... More

Gov[ernor] Emmett D. Boyle of Nevada signing resolution for ratification of Nineteenth Amendment to Constitution of U.S. - Mrs. Sadie D. Hurst who presented the resolution, Speaker of the Assembly D.J. Fitzgerald and group of Suffrage Women, Feb. 7, 1920, Carson City, Nevada

Gov[ernor] Emmett D. Boyle of Nevada signing resolution for ratificati...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of group of suffragists watching the governor of Nevada sign resolution for ratification in his office.

Republican [National] Convention, [Chicago, Illinois,] 1920.

Republican [National] Convention, [Chicago, Illinois,] 1920.

Title derived from Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of six suffragists at the 1920 Republican National Convention in Chicago, gathered in front of a building with suffrage banners. Mrs. James Rect... More

Dedication of Women's Pioneer Statue in U.S. Capitol crypt, Feb. 15, 1921.

Dedication of Women's Pioneer Statue in U.S. Capitol crypt, Feb. 15, 1...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of large group of women with banners gathered around the Women's Pioneer Statue in the Capitol.

[Young girls carry banners for the procession at dedication of the new National Woman's Party headquarters at the "Old Brick Capitol" in Washington, D.C.]

[Young girls carry banners for the procession at dedication of the new...

Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of large contingent of girls in white dresses assembled in street in four columns, with banners.

Back from the land of the nut a monologue
Frances E. Willard, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Frances E. Willard, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, head and shoulders, Frances E. Willard, facing forward with head slightly turned to the left, wearing eyeglasses and dress with high, ruffl... More

Isabella B. Hooker and John Hooker, 1893

Isabella B. Hooker and John Hooker, 1893

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Informal portrait, full-length, seated outside on chairs, Isabella Beecher Hooker, wearing dress, shawl, and cap, holding piece of paper in right hand and looking over at J... More

Women in the home ... National American woman suffrage association. Headquarters: 505 Fifth Avenue, New York [1910].

Women in the home ... National American woman suffrage association. He...

Title.; Woman suffrage.; On verso: {stamp} D. of D. May 10, 1910; 09-83-443.3. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed ... More

Mrs. Mary Hutcheson Page of Boston, Massachusetts.  Mrs. Page is President of the Brookline Woman Suffrage Association. She is one of the most active workers for the national suffrage amendment.

Mrs. Mary Hutcheson Page of Boston, Massachusetts. Mrs. Page is Presi...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ida F. Hasley, St. Chrmn, Oklahoma

Ida F. Hasley, St. Chrmn, Oklahoma

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, head and chest, Ida F. Hasley, facing left with head turned toward camera, wearing fur stole.

Anne Tillery Renshaw, Washington DC

Anne Tillery Renshaw, Washington DC

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Mrs. Jessie Hardy Stubbs of Chicago and Washington, D.C., is one of the prominent members of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. Mrs. Stubbs' brilliant work in Illinois and New York is a part of the history of the national suffrage movement. She is well known and beloved throughout the country for her speaking and organizing ability and for the loyal service she has given to suffrage. She was formerly National Press Chairman of the Congressional Union.

Mrs. Jessie Hardy Stubbs of Chicago and Washington, D.C., is one of th...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Portrait, half-length, Jessie Hardy Stubbs, facing forward, wearing short-brimmed hat, gloves, plaid suit with sailor-style blouse and necktie, carrying bri... More

Mrs. Jessie Hardy Stubbs, later Mrs. Benton Mackaye, also known as "Betty" MacKaye.

Mrs. Jessie Hardy Stubbs, later Mrs. Benton Mackaye, also known as "Be...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Three-quarter portrait of Jessie Hardy [MacKaye] facing camera, in light-colored suit, hand in pocket, wearing hat. Autographed in ink "Love and greetings f... More

Lucy Burns, Vice Chairman Cong[ressional] Union, 1913

Lucy Burns, Vice Chairman Cong[ressional] Union, 1913

Title and name and address of photographer transcribed from item. Summary: Formal, studio portrait of Lucy Burns, cofounder of the Congressional Union for Women Suffrage, later National Woman's Party, seated in... More

Miss Rebecca Hourwich of New York

Miss Rebecca Hourwich of New York

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, half-length, Rebecca Hourwich, facing forward with head cocked slightly to the left, wearing blouse, large brooch, and jacket..

[Inez Milholland Boissevain preparing to lead the March 3, 1913, suffrage parade in Washington, D.C.]

[Inez Milholland Boissevain preparing to lead the March 3, 1913, suffr...

Summary: Photograph of Inez Milholland, full-length, facing forward, wearing white robes and a crown, astride a white horse in front of a crowd on a street in Washington, D.C. Title derived from Library of Cong... More

Mrs. Rheta Childe Dorr of New York is one of the prominent members of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage.  Mrs. Dorr is a well known writer and speaker.  She is the author of "What 8,000,000 Women Want" and was formerly editor of The Suffragist, the official organ of the Congressional Union.

Mrs. Rheta Childe Dorr of New York is one of the prominent members of ...

Summary: Informal portrait, three-quarter length, Rheta Childe Dorr, seated at desk, facing left with head turned toward camera, holding eye glasses in right hand and newspaper in left hand, wearing corduroy su... More

[Horse drawn float declares National American Woman Suffrage Association's support for Bristow-Mondell amendment.]

[Horse drawn float declares National American Woman Suffrage Associati...

Picryl description: Public domain artwork of horse, equestrian horse riding, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Elizabeth Stuyvesant, State Organizer, National Woman's Party, her great-grandfather died in the Revolution, her grandfather in the Civil War, and her brother is fighting in France.  Five years of social work in New York City brought her to the determination to join the fight for woman's political liberty--Suffrage.

Elizabeth Stuyvesant, State Organizer, National Woman's Party, her gre...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Head portrait of Elizabeth Stuyvesant, with ribbon in her hair. Shoulders are sketched in with pencil. Elizabeth Stuyvesant of New York City, formerly of Cincinnati, was a ... More

Miss Joy Young, of Washington, D.C. Assistant Editor of "The Suffragist," weekly organ of the Woman's Party and the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. Picture taken when she was on her way to the White House to present President Wilson with a basket of flowers in which was contained a message from women voters of the West.

Miss Joy Young, of Washington, D.C. Assistant Editor of "The Suffragis...

Joy Young of New York City, formerly of Washington, D.C., was the wife of Merrill Rogers. She worked as an assistant on the staff of The Suffragist and later became an organizer for the NWP in various parts of ... More

Mrs. Annie G. Porritt, Hartford, Conn., Press Chairman Connecticut

Mrs. Annie G. Porritt, Hartford, Conn., Press Chairman Connecticut

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Three-quarter length portrait of Annie G. Porritt, in dark dress with brooch. Descriptive caption on alternate item: "Mrs. Annie Porritt of Hartford, Conn., is one of the p... More

Miss Mary Gertrude Fendall, of Baltimore, Md., national organizer for the National Woman's Party in Oregon.  She is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College.

Miss Mary Gertrude Fendall, of Baltimore, Md., national organizer for ...

Title and name and address of photographer transcribed from item. Cropped version of the photograph published in The Suffragist, 5, no. 58 (Mar. 3, 1917): 10. Summary: Formal portrait, half-length, seated, Mary... More

TR speaking at Sagamore Hill [1916-1918] [1] /

TR speaking at Sagamore Hill [1916-1918] [1] /

Three sequences of TR addressing groups from the porch at Sagamore Hill. First sequence is TR speaking to a group of people on Sept. 8, 1917 at the opening of the second New York State suffrage campaign at Saga... More

Suffrage Prisoners Leaving D.C. Prison

Suffrage Prisoners Leaving D.C. Prison

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of National Woman's Party members leaving a prison building. Warden Zinkham (left).

[Grand Picket at the White House, eve of President Woodrow Wilson's second inauguration.]

[Grand Picket at the White House, eve of President Woodrow Wilson's se...

Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph on a rainy day of a woman standing on chair in slicker and rain hat speaking through a megaphone to suffragists standing with suffrage banners. On... More

Maryland Day [picketing the White House for suffrage]

Maryland Day [picketing the White House for suffrage]

Title transcribed from item, with additional information derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of suffragists marching in contingent with banners, picketing outside on the sidewalk in front ... More

[Mrs.] Lawrence Lewis [Dora Lewis] of Philadelphia on release from jail after five [d]ays of hunger striking.

[Mrs.] Lawrence Lewis [Dora Lewis] of Philadelphia on release from jai...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Outdoor photograph of Mrs. Lawrence Lewis (Dora Lewis) (center) upon her release from jail, where she participated in hunger strike after arrest at Lafayette Square meeting... More

Mrs. Sarah Colvin of St. Paul, newly elected National chairman of the Woman's Party, who participated in all the suffrage demonstrations.  Picture taken during 1918 picketing in front [of] Jackson Place Headquarters on Lafayette Square.

Mrs. Sarah Colvin of St. Paul, newly elected National chairman of the ...

Title and name and address of photographer transcribed from item. Summary: Informal portrait, full-length, Sarah T. Colvin of St. Paul, Minnesota, standing in front of National Woman’s Party headquarters, Jacks... More

Conferring over ratification [of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution] at  [National Woman's Party] headquarters, Jackson Pl[ace] [Washington, D.C.].  L-R Mrs. Lawrence Lewis, Mrs. Abby Scott Baker, Anita Pollitzer, Alice Paul, Florence Boeckel, Mabel Vernon (standing, right)

Conferring over ratification [of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Consti...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of six National Woman's Party members gathered around a table. Left to R: Dora Lewis (seated), Abby Scott Baker (seated), Anita Pollitzer (standing), Alice Paul ... More

Lucy Branham on Prison Special, San Francisco, California

Lucy Branham on Prison Special, San Francisco, California

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

Alice Paul and a delegation consulting with Governor Cox on the suffrage situation in Tennessee.

Alice Paul and a delegation consulting with Governor Cox on the suffra...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of National Woman's Party members and Alice Paul gathered with Governor Cox on steps to a building, with photographers and cameras on tripods in the foreground.

Starting for ceremonial of dedication for Alva Belmont House.

Starting for ceremonial of dedication for Alva Belmont House.

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of three young women, in robed costume, coming down the stairs of the Alva Belmont House with banners.

Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont, who donated the headquarters of the National Woman's Party, speaking at the dedication ceremony, May 21, 1922. Seated behind Mrs. Belmont, dressed in white, is Mrs. Izetta Jewel Brown, of West Virginia, Political Chairman of the National Woman's Party, who closed the corner-stone; at Mrs. Brown's right, is Mrs. George Gordon Battelle of Ohio; to right of Mrs. Belmont are: Bishop John William Hamilton, who delivered the invocation, and Senator Charels [sic] Curtis of Kansas who made an address.

Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont, who donated the headquarters of the Nationa...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Alva Belmont (standing) speaking, wearing eyeglasses and using notes in hand, with others (men, front row, and women, back row) seated on stage.

Tillers of the Soil. Betty Rolfe, Maud Davis, Elizabeth Davis, Martha Warren of Seneca Falls, as Tillers of the Soil in the Dance Drama depicting the Progress of Woman to be given at the reception at Seneca Falls on July 20, in honor of the Officers and members of the National Woman's Party in connection with their seventy-fifth Equal Rights anniversary celebration.

Tillers of the Soil. Betty Rolfe, Maud Davis, Elizabeth Davis, Martha ...

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

The Georgetown elections - the Negro at the ballot-box / Th. Nast.  New and becoming styles of head-dressing.

The Georgetown elections - the Negro at the ballot-box / Th. Nast. Ne...

Illustration showing at top of page, several men at a polling place where an African American man places his ballot in the box for "Re[publ]ican Mayor Welch" which is next to the empty ballot box for "The White... More

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