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Millicent Garrett Fawcett with Henry Fawcett, c. 1880.

Millicent Garrett Fawcett with Henry Fawcett, c. 1880.

TWL/2004/10 Public domain photograph - 19th-century studio portrait photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mary E. McDowell, University of Chicago Settlement, Stock-Yards District

Mary E. McDowell, University of Chicago Settlement, Stock-Yards Distri...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Three-quarter length portrait of Mary E. McDowell, seated, facing camera, in ornately carved chair, with book in lap. Caption on cropped version of same ima... More

The Coronation Procession, 1911.

The Coronation Procession, 1911.

7JCC/O/02/016Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, Coronation Procession of 17 Jun 1911, women dressed in white holding up white garlands and St George's Cross flags, processing past stands, watched by a crow... More

'Votes for Women' sellers, 1908.

'Votes for Women' sellers, 1908.

7JCC/O/02/046.Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, women selling 'Votes for Women' in the street, stuck on paper on the reverse of 7JCC/O/2/45; manuscript inscription 'Jul 1908. Selling 'Votes for women' in Fleet St'

Flora Drummond outside Bow Street, c.1908.

Flora Drummond outside Bow Street, c.1908.

7JCC/O/02/063.Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, Flora Drummond carrying a travel rug waiting outside court with others; printed inscription on reverse 'General Press Photo Company, 32 Bream's Buildings, C... More

Mary Leigh, c.1909. - Public domain portrait print

Mary Leigh, c.1909. - Public domain portrait print

7JCC/O/02/149.Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, modern reproduction of a studio portrait of Mary Leigh in the uniform of the Women's Social & Political Union (WSPU) Fife and Pipe band, holding a pipe

Suffrage Posters from Schlesinger Library

Suffrage Posters from Schlesinger Library

Undaunted!..Date: 1909..Catalog record: bit.ly/1xPp3ZX ( http://bit.ly/1xPp3ZX ) ..Questions? Ask a Schlesinger Librarian ( http://asklib.schlesinger.radcliffe.edu/index.php )

Suffragettes on way to Boston - Public domain portrait photograph

Suffragettes on way to Boston - Public domain portrait photograph

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

Emmeline Pankhurst, c.1910. - Public domain portrait print

Emmeline Pankhurst, c.1910. - Public domain portrait print

7JCC/O/02/090.Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, studio portrait of Emmeline Pankhurst, head and shoulders, front profile; printed inscription on reverse 'TOPICAL'. The image has been trimmed

Mrs. Gertrude Hunter of Minnesota is one of the national organizers of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage.  Mrs. Hunter was formerly Secretary of the Minnesota Woman Suffrage Association ands is the founder of the Minneapolis Women Workers Suffrage Club.

Mrs. Gertrude Hunter of Minnesota is one of the national organizers of...

Title transcribed from image. Summary: Formal portrait, head and chest, Gertrude Hunter, facing slightly toward the left with head turned to camera, wearing eye glasses (pince-nez) and dress with sheer sleeves ... More

Christabel Pankhurst, c.1910. - Public domain portrait print

Christabel Pankhurst, c.1910. - Public domain portrait print

7JCC/O/01/011.Postcard, printed, monochrome photographic studio portrait of Christabel Pankhurst, head and shoulders, full face, white surround, manuscript inscription in ink below 'Christabel'; on reverse '(Co... More

Mrs. Evelyn P. Coe, Sec[retary], Massachusetts[achusetts] Branch, C[ongressional] U[nion].

Mrs. Evelyn P. Coe, Sec[retary], Massachusetts[achusetts] Branch, C[on...

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

Christabel and Emmeline Pankhurst, c.1910.

Christabel and Emmeline Pankhurst, c.1910.

7JCC/O/02/120.Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst standing together in the street, in front of a crowd of men including several policemen; printed inscription on reverse 'T... More

Miss Clara Louise Rowe, of Syracuse, N.Y., campaigned in the New York state referendum and was an organizer for the Women's Political Union.  She has assisted in legislative work at the national headquarters; worked in Delaware and then in Montana, where she organized most of the countries.  She is an excellent speaker.

Miss Clara Louise Rowe, of Syracuse, N.Y., campaigned in the New York ...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Head-and-shoulders portrait of Clara L. Rowe, wearing broad-brimmed hat and square-necked satin dress with ruffle trim.

Chase, Pauline, c.1910. - Public domain portrait print

Chase, Pauline, c.1910. - Public domain portrait print

TWL.2001.5.Postcard, printed, cardboard, monochrome photographic studio portrait of Pauline Chase, wearing a chinese style shirt and trousers, bag tied to a stick over her shoulder, white border, black text, pr... More

Emmeline Pankhurst, Emmeline Pethick Lawrence and others, c.1911.

Emmeline Pankhurst, Emmeline Pethick Lawrence and others, c.1911.

7JCC/O/02/103.Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, a group of seven women on a station platform, among them Emmeline Pankhurst and Emmeline Pethick Lawrence; manuscript inscription on reverse 'Meeting Mrs PL... More

Unidentified speaker (possibly Ethel Smyth) at a Womens Social & Political Union (WSPU) meeting, 1912.

Unidentified speaker (possibly Ethel Smyth) at a Womens Social & Polit...

Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, an unidentified woman, possibly Ethel Smyth, speaking at the London Pavilion, Emmeline Pethick Lawrence and Christabel Pankhurst also on the platform, with representative... More

Christabel Pankhurst with an unidentified woman, c.1912.

Christabel Pankhurst with an unidentified woman, c.1912.

7JCC/O/02/111.Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, Christabel Pankhurst and another woman standing on steps talking; printed inscription on reverse 'Record Press, 29 Fetter London, London EC'

Suffrage Posters from Schlesinger Library

Suffrage Posters from Schlesinger Library

Votes for Women poster..Date: 1913..Catalog Record: bit.ly/1qnXGlK ( http://bit.ly/1qnXGlK ) ..Questions? Ask a Schlesinger Librarian ( http://asklib.schlesinger.radcliffe.edu/index.php )

Mrs. Nina E. Allender., Head and Shoulders Portrait

Mrs. Nina E. Allender., Head and Shoulders Portrait

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Nina E. Allender, studio portrait, head and shoulders. The caption on an alternate photograph in the same folder reads: Mrs. Nina E. Allender of Washington, D.C., formerly ... More

Woman's Party Booth at San Francisco Exposition Spring 1915. L-R, Front - 1 Mrs. May Wright Sewall, 2 Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett (Alexandria, Virginia), Rear - 3 Miss Anita Whitney (Cal.), 4 Mrs. Mary Bear, 5 Miss Vivian Pierce, 6 Miss Margaret Whittemore

Woman's Party Booth at San Francisco Exposition Spring 1915. L-R, Fron...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Group indoor photograph of National Woman's Party members wearing hats and suffrage sashes. Left to right: (front, seated) May Wright Sewall, Kate Waller Barrett, (rear, st... More

Mrs. Nina E. Allender, Cartoonist, Nat[ional] Woman's P[ar]ty

Mrs. Nina E. Allender, Cartoonist, Nat[ional] Woman's P[ar]ty

Summary: Informal portrait, Nina E. Allender, full-length, seated at desk, facing left with head turned toward camera, holding a cartoon sketch in her lap. Title and information transcribed from item. Photograp... More

Elsie Hill speaking [at street meeting in St. Paul, Minn., during Prohibition Party convention that endorsed a plank advocating a suffrage amendment, July 1916]

Elsie Hill speaking [at street meeting in St. Paul, Minn., during Proh...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Elsie Hill, standing in the back seat of an automobile that is parked at curb, speaking to a crowd of people (mostly men} standing on a sidewalk, on a street ... More

[Suffragists demonstrating against Woodrow Wilson in Chicago, 1916]

[Suffragists demonstrating against Woodrow Wilson in Chicago, 1916]

Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of (mostly female) suffrage supporters demonstrating with signs addressed to President Woodrow Wilson while assembled along a street in Chicago. S... More

Suffragettes drilling, Chicago - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Suffragettes drilling, Chicago - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

Photographs show suffragists parading in Chicago, outside the Republican National Convention. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Mrs. Robert Adamson, wife of Fire Commissioner of N.Y. City. She will attend C[ongressional] U[nion] conference Sat. and speak at luncheon in honor of departing [suffrage] envoys.

Mrs. Robert Adamson, wife of Fire Commissioner of N.Y. City. She will ...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Head-and-shoulders studio portrait of Ethel M. Adamson, with clasped hands. The caption on a smaller duplicate print of the same image located in the same folder reads: "Mr... More

Mrs. Sophie Meredith, chairman of Virginia Branch N.W.P.

Mrs. Sophie Meredith, chairman of Virginia Branch N.W.P.

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, Sophie G. Meredith, seated, half-length, facing f... More

Mrs. George Elder Adams, of New York, who took part in the picketing of the White House by members of the Woman's Party.

Mrs. George Elder Adams, of New York, who took part in the picketing o...

Summary: Studio portrait, Mrs. George Elder Adams of New York, in hat and fur stole, standing with a copy of the newsletter The Suffragist in her hands. Title transcribed from item.

New York Pickets at the White House, January 26, 1917

New York Pickets at the White House, January 26, 1917

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Suffragists picket with banners on sidewalk in front of White House gates. Banners read: "Mr. President You Say Liberty Is The Fundamental Demand of the Human Spirit," "Mr.... More

Bastille Day. Julia Hurlbut of N.J. leading. Iris Calderhead of Kansas at right waiting for mobs to attack pickets so she can order out new banners.

Bastille Day. Julia Hurlbut of N.J. leading. Iris Calderhead of Kansas...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Julia Hurlbut leading procession of (two) suffragists down city sidewalk, both suffragists wear suffrage sashes and hold aloft suffrage banners, Hurlbut holds... More

Kate Heffelfinger after her release from Occoquan Prison, ca. 1917.

Kate Heffelfinger after her release from Occoquan Prison, ca. 1917.

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of a woman escorting Kate Heffelfinger, wrapped in blanket, outside near a car, after release from jail. Kate Heffelfinger, of Shamokin, Penn., was an art studen... More

Police arresting party demonstrators outside Senate Office Building, Oct. 1918.

Police arresting party demonstrators outside Senate Office Building, O...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of policemen confronting a line of National Woman's Party pickets on Constitution Avenue. The suffragists wear sashes and carry suffrage banners. Women near the ... More

Suffrage Campaigning: Church League for Women's Suffrage1909-1918

Suffrage Campaigning: Church League for Women's Suffrage1909-1918

TWL.2004.612.1Badge, paper, plastic, metal, round, paper, produced by the Church League for Women's Suffrage, printed with a gold cross and border, white ground, gold inscription: 'CLWS', paper covered with pla... More

WOMAN SUFFRAGE (MISC. INDIVIDUAL SUFFRAGETTES)

WOMAN SUFFRAGE (MISC. INDIVIDUAL SUFFRAGETTES)

A black and white photo of a man in a top hat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

WOMAN SUFFRAGE (MISC. INDIVIDUAL SUFFRAGETTES)

WOMAN SUFFRAGE (MISC. INDIVIDUAL SUFFRAGETTES)

Public domain image of standing or sitting portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

WOMAN SUFFRAGE. SUFFRAGETTES AT CAPITOL

WOMAN SUFFRAGE. SUFFRAGETTES AT CAPITOL

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

Party watchfires burn outside White House, Jan. 1919.

Party watchfires burn outside White House, Jan. 1919.

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of National Woman's Party watchfire demonstrators standing with banners and fire in urn in front of White House. One banner reads, "President Wilson is deceiving... More

Alice Paul at lunch - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Alice Paul at lunch - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of people in office, interior, the 1910s-1920s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alice Paul & Mrs. O.H.P. Bellmont, 11/17/23

Alice Paul & Mrs. O.H.P. Bellmont, 11/17/23

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

Photograph of Dame Ethel Smyth, 1930.

Photograph of Dame Ethel Smyth, 1930.

7JCC/O/02/034 Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photograph of Helena Normantonc. 1930
Cleveland Sellers oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Denmark, South Carolina,

Cleveland Sellers oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in ...

Cleveland Sellers shares memories of growing up in Denmark, South Carolina, especially the influence of Voorhees College in the community. He organized a Youth Chapter of the National Association for the Advanc... More

James Oscar Jones oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Austin, Texas,

James Oscar Jones oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier i...

James Oscar Jones remembers growing up on a farm in Arkansas, the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, and attending the Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical, and Normal College in Pine Bluff. He dis... More

D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Memphis, Tennessee,

D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Me...

D'Army Bailey describes growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, the influence of the Crump political machine in city politics, and his involvement with the Memphis NAACP at an early age. He talks about his participat... More

Cleveland Sellers oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Denmark, South Carolina,

Cleveland Sellers oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in ...

Cleveland Sellers shares memories of growing up in Denmark, South Carolina, especially the influence of Voorhees College in the community. He organized a Youth Chapter of the National Association for the Advanc... More

Cleveland Sellers oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Denmark, South Carolina,

Cleveland Sellers oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in ...

Cleveland Sellers shares memories of growing up in Denmark, South Carolina, especially the influence of Voorhees College in the community. He organized a Youth Chapter of the National Association for the Advanc... More

D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Memphis, Tennessee,

D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Me...

D'Army Bailey describes growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, the influence of the Crump political machine in city politics, and his involvement with the Memphis NAACP at an early age. He talks about his participat... More

James Oscar Jones oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Austin, Texas,

James Oscar Jones oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier i...

James Oscar Jones remembers growing up on a farm in Arkansas, the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, and attending the Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical, and Normal College in Pine Bluff. He dis... More

Rosa Parks Papers: Miscellany, 1934-2005; Business cards of; Others, 1993-1995, undated
Founding members of the Niagara Movement

Founding members of the Niagara Movement

Public domain photograph of water reservoir, lake, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joan Trumpauer Mulholland oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Arlington, Virginia, 2013-03-17.

Joan Trumpauer Mulholland oral history interview conducted by John Dit...

Summary: Joan Trumpauer Mulholland shares how, as a child in Arlington, Virginia, her awareness of racial disparities grew. As a student at Duke University, she began participating in the sit-in movement. She s... More

Robert L. Carter oral history interview conducted by Patricia Sullivan in New York, New York, 2010-10-23.
Robert L. Carter oral history interview conducted by Patricia Sullivan in New York, New York, 2010-10-23.
Cecil J. Williams oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Orangeburg, South Carolina, 2011-06-09.

Cecil J. Williams oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier i...

Summary: Cecil J. Williams remembers his childhood in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and starting his career as a photographer for several African American publications in his teens. He remembers photographing Pre... More

Emmeline Pankhurst, c.1880s. - Public domain portrait print

Emmeline Pankhurst, c.1880s. - Public domain portrait print

7JCC/O/02/091.Photograph, modern reproduction, printed, paper, monochrome, studio portrait of Emmeline Pankhurst, head and shoulders, three quarters profile; manuscript inscription on reverse 'Mrs E Pankhurst when young'

Annie Besant: an autobiography1888

Annie Besant: an autobiography1888

362.924 BES Public domain photograph related to the history of Germany, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photograph of Millicent Garrett Fawcett, 1890.

Photograph of Millicent Garrett Fawcett, 1890.

TWL/2004/04a Public domain photograph - 19th-century studio portrait photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Refugees at Merebank Station, c.1901.

Refugees at Merebank Station, c.1901.

7MGF/E/1/049.Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, manuscript text on reverse: 'Merebank station after arrival of a refugee train'. Inserted at page 34. Manuscript text below image: 'Railway station, Merebank... More

Suffrage Posters from Schlesinger Library

Suffrage Posters from Schlesinger Library

Votes for Women 1d Wanted Everywhere!..Date: ca. 1903-1926..Catalog record: bit.ly/1BvlPJs ( http://bit.ly/1BvlPJs ) ..Questions? Ask a Schlesinger Librarian ( http://asklib.schlesinger.radcliffe.edu/index.php )

Emily Davison, c.1905. - Public domain portrait print

Emily Davison, c.1905. - Public domain portrait print

7JCC/O/02/140.Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, modern reproduction of a studio portrait of Emily Davison; manuscript inscriptions on reverse 'Miss Emily Davison about 1905' and 'STUART DE BAECKER'. Copy ... More

Christabel Pankhurst, c.1905-1910.

Christabel Pankhurst, c.1905-1910.

7JCC/O/02/113b.Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome studio portrait of Christabel Pankhurst, a modern reproduction of 7JCC/O/2/113a

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

Christabel Pankhurst, Flora Drummond and Emmeline Pankhurst in court, 1908.

Christabel Pankhurst, Flora Drummond and Emmeline Pankhurst in court, ...

7JCC/O/02/060.Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, Christabel Pankhurst, Flora Drummond and Emmeline Pankhurst seated in the dock in a crowded courtroom; manuscript inscriptions on reverse '1908 Bow St. For ... More

Emmeline Pethick Lawrence and Christabel Pankhurst, c.1908-1912.

Emmeline Pethick Lawrence and Christabel Pankhurst, c.1908-1912.

7JCC/O/02/124.Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, Emmeline Pethick Lawrence, Christabel Pankhurst and two others walking along a street; on reverse: manuscript inscription 'Mrs P Lawrence & Miss C Pankhurst... More

Suffrage demonstration, c.1908-1912.

Suffrage demonstration, c.1908-1912.

7JCC/O/02/012Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, an aerial view of a large suffrage procession doing round Marble Arch, surround by crowds; manuscript inscriptions on reverse 'Do not mark photo or score in ... More

Emmeline Pankhurst and Emmeline Pethick Lawrence, c.1910.

Emmeline Pankhurst and Emmeline Pethick Lawrence, c.1910.

7JCC/O/02/101.Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, Emmeline Pankhurst standing looking out over the back of an open vehicle, Emmeline Pethick Lawrence beside her; printed inscription on reverse ''Copyright. ... More

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.

Emmeline Pankhurst, Annie Kenny and Emmeline Pethick Lawrence, c.1912.

Emmeline Pankhurst, Annie Kenny and Emmeline Pethick Lawrence, c.1912.

7JCC/O/02/105.Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, reproduction of a suffrage postcard showing Emmeline Pankhurst and Annie Kenny seated in the back of a car, Emmeline Pethick Lawrence standing beside the ca... More

Woman suffrage headquarters in Upper Euclid Avenue, Cleveland--A. (at extreme right) is Miss Belle Sherwin, President, National League of Women Voters; B. is Judge Florence E. Allen (holding the flag); C. is Mrs. Malcolm McBride

Woman suffrage headquarters in Upper Euclid Avenue, Cleveland--A. (at ...

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

Emmeline Pankhurst speaking at a Women's Social & Political Union (WSPU) meeting, 1912.

Emmeline Pankhurst speaking at a Women's Social & Political Union (WSP...

7JCC/O/02/004aPhotograph, printed, paper, monochrome, Mrs Pankhurst speaking at the London Pavilion, flanked by Emmeline Pethick Lawrence and Christabel Pankhurst, with representatives of WSPU branches also on ... 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

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

Christabel Pankhurst, c.1913. - Public domain portrait photograph

Christabel Pankhurst, c.1913. - Public domain portrait photograph

7JCC/O/02/115a.Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, Christabel Pankhurst standing in a garden wearing a belted white dress printed with a motif of circles, full length, front profile; printed inscription on ... More

Breaking in suffrage speakers - Mrs. E.R. Smith

Breaking in suffrage speakers - Mrs. E.R. Smith

Mrs. E.R. Smith practicing speechmaking from a covered platform before a small crowd. Caption from mount: School for suffragette speakers in Union Square; Mrs. E.R. Smith being broken in by one of the leaders. ... 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

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.

Emmeline Pankhurst, c.1914. - Public domain portrait print

Emmeline Pankhurst, c.1914. - Public domain portrait print

7JCC/O/02/085.Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, studio portrait of Emmeline Pankhurst, head and shoulders, front face, wearing a jacket with large fabric lapels. The image has been trimmed.

[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

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

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

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

Suffrage Campaigning: National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies1908-1918

Suffrage Campaigning: National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies1908...

TWL.2004.590Badge, metal, enamel, oval, scalloped edge, produced by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS), gold central motif of a woman holding a standard and blowing a horn, red, white and ... More

Suffrage Campaigning: National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies1908-1918

Suffrage Campaigning: National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies1908...

TWL.2004.588.1Badge, metal, paper, plastic, round, produced by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, white stripe across the centre, red half circle at the top, green half circle at the bottom green... More

Suffrage Campaigning: National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies1908-1918

Suffrage Campaigning: National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies1908...

TWL.2004.592.1Badge, metal, enamel, round, produced by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, central rose motif in red, gold and green, with white background and gold inscription: 'Women's Suffrage'... More

Suffrage Campaigning: National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies1908-1918

Suffrage Campaigning: National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies1908...

TWL.2004.587.1Badge, metal, enamel, round, produced by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, white scroll shape across bottom half with green stripe in the centre, red and green stripe across the to... More

WOMAN SUFFRAGE. SUFFRAGETTES AT CAPITOL

WOMAN SUFFRAGE. SUFFRAGETTES AT CAPITOL

Public domain photograph of official photograph, building on the background, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sewing stars on suffrage flag - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Sewing stars on suffrage flag - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

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

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

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

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...

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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 is Sold to United States. The National Woman's Party Headquarters, 21 First Street, Northeast, one of the most historic buildings in Washington which was used as the Capitol of the United States from 1815 to 1819 has been taken over by the government and will be torn down to make way for the proposed Supreme Court Building. Attorney General William D. Mitchell is here shown presenting a check for $299,200.00 to Burnita S. Matthews, att[orney] for the Woman's Party, in payment for the site. On the left is Maud Younger, Congressional Chairman of the National Woman's Party.

National Woman's Party Headquarters is Sold to United States. The Nati...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Attorney General William D. Mitchell handing check to Burnita Shelton Matthews, with Maud Younger on the left.

Dorothy Foreman Cotton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Ithaca, New York,

Dorothy Foreman Cotton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosn...

Dorothy Foreman Cotton discusses growing up in rural North Carolina, attending Shaw University and Virginia State College, working as a housekeeper for the president of these colleges, Dr. Robert Prentiss Danie... More

Rosa Parks Papers: Subject File, 1937-2005; Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Poor People's Campaign, Parks's identification card, 1968
Freeman A. Hrabowski oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Baltimore, Maryland,

Freeman A. Hrabowski oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnie...

Freeman A. Hrabowski recalls growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, and attending the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church. He remembers being arrested for marching in the Birmingham Children's Crusade in 1963, and remember... More

Robert L. Carter oral history interview conducted by Patricia Sullivan in New York, New York,

Robert L. Carter oral history interview conducted by Patricia Sullivan...

Robert L. Carter recalls growing up in Newark, New Jersey, and attending Lincoln University, Howard University Law School, and Columbia University. He discusses hearing Marian Anderson sing at the Lincoln Memor... More

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