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Ye May session of ye woman's rights convention - ye orator of ye day denouncing ye lords of creation

Ye May session of ye woman's rights convention - ye orator of ye day d...

After T.M.N. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 3 (1859 June 11), p. 372. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Miss Sarah Anderson, a Washington suffragist who advocates equal smoking rights for men and women in public places, snaped [sic] as she "puffed" a cigarette at the Chevy Chase Club, Washington's most exclusive country club

Miss Sarah Anderson, a Washington suffragist who advocates equal smoki...

Photograph shows Sarah Anderson sitting in a rocking chair, lighting a cigarette. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

The Bill of Rights. Public domain reproduction.

The Bill of Rights. Public domain reproduction.

Photograph shows reproduction of original Bill of Rights. As proposed Mar. 4, 1789 submitted to States, Sept. 25, 1789. Articles 3-12 became amendments I-X of Constitution, Dec. 15, 1791.

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.

Defend Your Rights, Cold War American Propaganda poster

Defend Your Rights, Cold War American Propaganda poster

Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia Public domain scan of American poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C.

Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C.

Title from USN&WR contact sheet folder. Forms part of: U.S. News & World Report magazine photograph collection.

Civil rights march on Wash[ington], D.C.

Civil rights march on Wash[ington], D.C.

Photograph shows a military color guard on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, with audience, speakers, and photographres on all sides. Title from contact sheet folder caption. U.S. News & World Report Magazine ... More

Civil rights march on Wash[ington], D.C. / [WKL].

Civil rights march on Wash[ington], D.C. / [WKL].

Photograph shows a crowd of African Americans and whites on the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial; two men in foreground read a newspaper with the headline: "They're Pouring In From All Over."

Demonstration by Hispanics [and other groups] on behalf of immigrant rights, Houston, Texas

Demonstration by Hispanics [and other groups] on behalf of immigrant r...

Photographer: HUD Staff Photo Creation Date: 4/11/2006 Demonstration by Hispanics [and other groups] on behalf of immigrant rights, Houston, Texas

"Give me liberty, or give me death!" Patrick Henry delivering his great speech on the rights of the colonies, before the Virginia Assembly, convened at Richmond, March 23rd 1775, concluding with the above sentiment, which became the war cry of the revolution.

"Give me liberty, or give me death!" Patrick Henry delivering his grea...

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First Convention Ever Called to Discuss the Civil and Political Rights of Women, Seneca Falls, New York, July 19, 20, 1848

First Convention Ever Called to Discuss the Civil and Political Rights...

This pamphlet reprints the Call, first published July 14, 1848 in the Seneca County Courier, the declaration of rights, resolutions, and excerpts from Elizabeth Cady Stanton's speeches, July 19 and July 20, 184... More

"The rights of man; or Tommy Paine, the little American taylor, taking the measure of the crown, for a new pair of revolution-breeches, British Cartoon Print

"The rights of man; or Tommy Paine, the little American taylor, taking...

"Tom Paine, lean, and grotesquely caricatured, crouches, kneeling on one knee, to apply his tape-measure to a gigantic crown standing on the ground, the greater part of which is cut off by the right margin of t... More

I Prefer not to argue... Quote - Blackstone River Valley

I Prefer not to argue... Quote - Blackstone River Valley

“I prefer not to argue about a woman’s rights, but to take them… I do not talk of woman’s rights, but of human rights, the rights of human beings. I do not come to ask [for] them, but to demand them; not to get... More

[Title page and dedication page of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft (Boston, 1792); Dedication page is handwritten: "Presented to the Library of Congress by a great admirer of this earliest work for woman's right to equality...ever penned by a woman...(signed) Susan B. Anthony, Rochester, N.Y., Jan 1, 1904"]

[Title page and dedication page of A Vindication of the Rights of Woma...

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"Move on!" Has the Native American no rights that the naturalized American is bound to respect? / / Th. Nast.

"Move on!" Has the Native American no rights that the naturalized Amer...

A policeman ordering a Native man to "move on" away from a voting polls around which are clustered stereotyped "naturalized" Americans. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 15, no. 747 (1871 April 22), p. 361. Refere... More

Trixie Friganza between other suffragettes on top of steps, New York

Trixie Friganza between other suffragettes on top of steps, New York

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Blood flows at post office dedication over question of property rights. Washington, D.C., July 22. When Mrs. Claude Tschiffely and her sister, Mrs. Samuel A. Wimsatt appeared this morning in front of the Rockville, MD., post office which was to be dedicated later in the day, armed with hatchet and signs and began posting the property which she claims was not legally sold and thus is still hers. P.C. Wroe, superintendent of construction, also began posting 'keep off the grass signs'. An argument began over who had the right to post signs on whose property, and during the course of events, Mr. Wroe got his hand cut with Mrs. Wimsatt's hatchet. The iodine which he applied can be seen in the above photo on the hand resting upon one of his own 'no [...]

Blood flows at post office dedication over question of property rights...

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Fannie Hurst, novelist and short story writer, author of "Lummox," "Back Street," and many other successful and distinguished works of fiction.  Miss Hurst is one of the judges in the Equal Rights Essay Contest organized by the Students Council of the National Woman's Party.

Fannie Hurst, novelist and short story writer, author of "Lummox," "Ba...

Summary: Formal portrait, head and chest, Fannie Hurst, facing left with head turned toward camera and left hand resting against face, wearing dark, long-sleeved, turtleneck outfit. Title transcribed from capti... More

Battle for state rights under flood control bill. Washington, D.C., June 15. This group of Senators threatened today to keep Congress in session for sometime to come as the battled for state rights under the flood control bill. Left to right: Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Wyoming; Senator Warren Austin, Vermont; Senator David I. Walsh, Massachussetts; Senator Francis T. Maloney, Connecticut; and Senator Howard R. Burke, Nebraska, 6/15/38

Battle for state rights under flood control bill. Washington, D.C., Ju...

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Civil rights march on Washington, D.C. / [MST].

Civil rights march on Washington, D.C. / [MST].

Photograph shows a crowd of African Americans behind a storm fence with police on the other side.

Civil rights march on Wash[ington], D.C. / [WKL].

Civil rights march on Wash[ington], D.C. / [WKL].

Photograph shows a crowd of African Americans and whites surrounding the Reflecting Pool and continuing to the Washington Monument.

[Bayard Rustin at news briefing on the Civil Rights March on Washington in the Statler Hotel, half-length portrait, seated at table] / [WKL].

[Bayard Rustin at news briefing on the Civil Rights March on Washingto...

U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 10332, frame 11.

[Rosa Parks at her Congressional Gold Medal ceremony with assistant Elaine Steele (left) and civil rights leader Johnnie Carr (right) standing at podium; Representative Julia Carson, President Clinton, Senator Tom Daschle, Representative Dennis Hastert and others stand next to her]

[Rosa Parks at her Congressional Gold Medal ceremony with assistant El...

Date from caption information for contact sheet ROLL CALL-1999-317 or corresponding negative sleeve. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: ROLL CALL-1999-317, frame 15. Contact sheet or negative slee... More

Demonstration by Hispanics [and other groups] on behalf of immigrant rights, Houston, Texas

Demonstration by Hispanics [and other groups] on behalf of immigrant r...

Photographer: HUD Staff Photo Creation Date: 4/11/2006 Demonstration by Hispanics [and other groups] on behalf of immigrant rights, Houston, Texas

Exhibit, Civil Rights Memorial Center, Montgomery, Alabama

Exhibit, Civil Rights Memorial Center, Montgomery, Alabama

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

Woman is a slave...Quote - Blackstone River Valley

Woman is a slave...Quote - Blackstone River Valley

"Woman is a slave, and is obedient in the presence of her master... Our only safety is to rebuke the oppressor, and to demand our rights." -- Quote by Abby Kelley Foster at the 1850 National Women's Rights Con... More

A bill of rights as provided in the ten original amendments to the constitution of the United States in force December 15, 1791. [n. p. 195-].

A bill of rights as provided in the ten original amendments to the con...

On verso: Gift Verner W. Clapp, July 9, 1952. 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 244... More

Guard Your Freedom, Cold War American Propaganda poster

Guard Your Freedom, Cold War American Propaganda poster

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Defend Your Rights, Cold War American Propaganda poster

Defend Your Rights, Cold War American Propaganda poster

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Civil rights activist Priscilla Stephens being arrested - Tallahassee

Civil rights activist Priscilla Stephens being arrested - Tallahassee

: 267341 ( http://267341 ) ...Local call number: TD01484M...Title: Civil rights activist Priscilla Stephens being arrested - Tallahassee...Date: June 16, 1961...Physical descrip: 1 photonegative - b&w - 60 mm.... More

[Civil rights leaders talk with reporters after meeting with President John F. Kennedy after the March on Washington, D.C.]

[Civil rights leaders talk with reporters after meeting with President...

Photograph includes Martin Luther King, Jr.(SCLC) and John Lewis (SNCC). U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 10380, frame 13.

US Navy (USN) Enlisted Sailors who have obtained the rank of PETTY Officer First Class (PO1), from all over the nation attend the first ever, First Class Symposium held at the Navy Operational Support Center, Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville, Florida (FL). The symposium had several guest speakers giving presentations and answering questions on advancement to CHIEF PETTY Officer (CPO), rights and responsibilities and other various opportunities the Navy has to offer its Sailors

US Navy (USN) Enlisted Sailors who have obtained the rank of PETTY Off...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Andrea Simmons, USN Relea... More

Carver Theater Marquee in exhibit at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, Alabama

Carver Theater Marquee in exhibit at the Birmingham Civil Rights Insti...

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute was dedicated in 1992.Today, the BCRI features exhibits showing human rights barriers during the Civil Rights era. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the p... More

Document [Bill of Rights] - Public domain document scan

Document [Bill of Rights] - Public domain document scan

Public domain scan of manuscript related to American history, NYPL collection, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The Genius of the Ladies Magazine, accompanied by the Genius of Emulation, who carries in her hand a laurel crown, approaches Liberty, and kneeeling, presents her with a copy of the Rights of Women

The Genius of the Ladies Magazine, accompanied by the Genius of Emulat...

Allegorical scene. Engraving by Thackara and Vallance. Illus. in: Lady's Magazine, 1792 Dec., v. 1, no. 1, frontispiece. Reference copy may be in SSF (Gr) - Women Rights of Women. This record contains unverifie... More

States rights song. - Public domain American music sheet

States rights song. - Public domain American music sheet

Handwritten in pencil at bottom, "Baltimore."

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

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

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

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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"Hands off the court" Representative before Senate Judiciary Committee. Washington, D.C., April 22. Representing the Women's National Committee for "Hands off the Supreme Court," Catherine Curtis appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee today to oppose the bill. Saying she thought she could speak for the American Women, Miss Curtis declared that when any group in this country seeks to nullify the safeguards which our Supreme Court provides, our American Women will stand united in defending for themselves and their families the sacred rights guaranteed them by the consititution through an independent Judiciary, 4/22/1937

"Hands off the court" Representative before Senate Judiciary Committee...

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

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

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

Eleanor Roosevelt and United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Lake Success, New York

Eleanor Roosevelt and United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Ri...

Photographs of Eleanor Roosevelt Public domain photograph of US government agency official, meeting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Civil rights march on Washington, D.C. / [MST].

Civil rights march on Washington, D.C. / [MST].

Photograph shows a crowd of African Americans behind a storm fence with police carrying a woman on the other side. Title from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR... More

Civil rights march on Washington, D.C. / [WKL].

Civil rights march on Washington, D.C. / [WKL].

Photograph shows a procession of African Americans carrying signs for equal rights, integrated schools, decent housing, and an end to bias. Title from contact sheet folder caption. U.S. News & World Report Maga... More

Pres. L.B. Johnson signs the 1968 Civil Rights Bill / [WKL].

Pres. L.B. Johnson signs the 1968 Civil Rights Bill / [WKL].

Photograph shows President Johnson signing the bill while seated at a table surrounded by members of Congress.

[Representatives Xavier Becerra (speaking at podium), Robert Matsui (right) and Elijah Cummings at a press conference on civil rights]

[Representatives Xavier Becerra (speaking at podium), Robert Matsui (r...

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

Former and deposed President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, sits before an Iraqi judge at a courthouse in Baghdad, Iraq, where he has his initial interview to inform him of what he is being investigated for and his legal rights read to him

Former and deposed President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, sits before an I...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT D. Myles Cullen, USAF Release Status: Released t... More

Former President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, makes a point during his initial interview by a special tribunal, where he is informed of his alleged crimes and his legal rights

Former President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, makes a point during his ini...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Civil Rights Memorial, Montgomery, Alabama

Civil Rights Memorial, Montgomery, Alabama

The Civil Rights Memorial, designed by Maya Lin, is a circular black granite table that chronicles the history of the movement in lines that radiate like the hands of a clock. Water emerges from the table's cen... More

Hand painted mural on Center Street on "Dynamite Hill" (known for bombing during the Civil Rights Movement), Birmingham, Alabama

Hand painted mural on Center Street on "Dynamite Hill" (known for bomb...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Mural artist: name not given. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Librar... More

Sculpture dedicated to the Foot Soldiers of the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement. Kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham, Alabama

Sculpture dedicated to the Foot Soldiers of the Birmingham Civil Right...

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Ugly Americanism (ug'-li a-mer'-i-can-ism), n. a kind of hypocrisy where the richest country in the world talks about human rights while developing a neutron bomb

Ugly Americanism (ug'-li a-mer'-i-can-ism), n. a kind of hypocrisy whe...

Poster showing man, wearing hat of Uncle Sam, with a dollar sign above, holding up buildings, with sign on theater in middle reading, "Now showing MacArthur, Patton."

From the Independent gazetteer, &c. Mr. Printer. In order that people may be sufficiently impressed, with the necessity of establishing a Bill of rights in the formation of a new constitution, it is very proper to take a short view of some of th

From the Independent gazetteer, &c. Mr. Printer. In order that people ...

Evans 20380.; On verso, Copies 2, 3, 4: {stamp} Gift Herbert Putnam Sept 22, 1938. {stamp} ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION SESQUICENTENNIAL COMMISSION SOL BLOOM, Dircetor General, Washington D.C. A... More

Rights of citizenship / printed by David Allen & Sons, Ltd, Harrow, Mdx.

Rights of citizenship / printed by David Allen & Sons, Ltd, Harrow, Md...

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Thanksgiving, 1942. Freedom to worship God in his own way--everywhere in the world." For this we fight, said President Roosevelt in his address to the seventy-seventh Congress. Because the Fincham family, like other Americans, have been nourished on the Bill of Rights and the Constitution, they are fighting for the things they pray for. Four of Mr. and Mrs. Wayman Fincham's six fighting sons, visiting their home in Silver Spring, Maryland, attend church services

Thanksgiving, 1942. Freedom to worship God in his own way--everywhere ...

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Rights and Duties of Citizens of a Democratic State

Rights and Duties of Citizens of a Democratic State

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Distribution Center: USIS - Bangkok Post: RPC - Manila Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East

Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C.

Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C.

Title from USN&WR contact sheet folder. Forms part of: U.S. News & World Report magazine photograph collection.

[African American and white Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party supporters demonstrating outside the 1964 Democratic National Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey; some hold signs with portraits of slain civil rights workers James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner] / WKL.

[African American and white Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party suppo...

U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 12470-I, frame 35. Contact sheet folder caption: "Demo Nat'l Conv. Atlantic City, ... More

New Mexico Congressman Steve Pearce speaking at Department of Interior headquarters signing event for federal-state-tribal agreement resolving water rights claims of the New Mexico-based Zuni Tribe in the Little Colorado River Basin of Arizona

New Mexico Congressman Steve Pearce speaking at Department of Interior...

Photographs Documenting the Secretary's Activities, and Agency Officials, Events, Programs, and Managed Sites

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, Alabama

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute was dedicated in 1992.Today, the BCRI features exhibits showing human rights barriers during the Civil Rights era. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the p... More

[Fannie Lou Hamer, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegate, at the Democratic National Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey, August 1964] / [WKL].

[Fannie Lou Hamer, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegate, at t...

Photograph shows half-length portrait of Hamer seated at a table. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 12470B, frame 17.

Report of the Woman's Rights Convention, held at Seneca Falls, New York, July 19th and 20th, 1848. Proceedings and Declaration of Sentiments

Report of the Woman's Rights Convention, held at Seneca Falls, New Yor...

Manuscript note of title page "I think this little book is valuable, as giving a description of the first of the first Convention of the of the kind that was ever held. Rhoda J. Palmer" Rhoda Palmer, who had ac... More

[Participants, some carrying American flags, marching in the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965]

[Participants, some carrying American flags, marching in the civil rig...

Contact sheet 8, frame 34. Photograph printed in 1999 or 2000 by the photographer from his original negatives. Exhibited: "Voices of Civil Rights" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2005.

For President Teddy the rough rider, his policy equal rights for all

For President Teddy the rough rider, his policy equal rights for all

J11488 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Civil rights activists arrested - Tallahassee

Civil rights activists arrested - Tallahassee

: 267348 ( http://267348 ) ...Local call number: TD01484A...Title: Civil rights activists arrested - Tallahassee...Date: June 16, 1961...Physical descrip: 1 photonegative - b&w - 60 mm....Series Title: Tallaha... More

[Civil rights leaders meet with President John F. Kennedy in the oval office of the White House after the March on Washington, D.C.]

[Civil rights leaders meet with President John F. Kennedy in the oval ...

Photograph shows (left to right): Whitney Young (National Urban Leage); Martin Luther King, Jr.(SCLC); John Lewis (SNCC), partially visible; Rabbi Joachim Prinz (American Jewish Congress); Reverend Eugene Carso... More

President Johnson meets with civil rights leaders at the White House, Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, 1966.

President Johnson meets with civil rights leaders at the White House, ...

According to the president's daily diary, which is a record of his activities kept by his secretaries, the meeting was to "discuss a broad range of matters affecting civil rights in this country, all the way fr... More

Betty Naomi Goldstein Friedan

Betty Naomi Goldstein Friedan

90-105, 8, Portraits Fri; "Billington; National Organization for Women (NOW) founder and president Betty Naomi Goldstein Friedan (1921-2006); NOW co-chair and Washington, D.C., lobbyist Barbara Ireton; and femi... More

Civil Rights Memorial, Montgomery, Alabama

Civil Rights Memorial, Montgomery, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. The Civil Rights Memorial, designed by Maya Lin, is a circular black granite table that chronicles the history of the movement in lines that... More

James Madison's copy of the Bill of Rights

James Madison's copy of the Bill of Rights

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Daniel O'Connell - defending the rights of his countrymen in the courts of Dublin, Feb. 4, 1844 / J.H. Daniels, Lith.

Daniel O'Connell - defending the rights of his countrymen in the court...

Print shows Daniel O'Connell, full-length, standing, arguing for the repeal of the Act of Union.

[Participants, some carrying American flags, marching in the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965]

[Participants, some carrying American flags, marching in the civil rig...

Contact sheet 8, frame 34. Photograph printed in 1999 or 2000 by the photographer from his original negatives. Exhibited: "Voices of Civil Rights" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2005.

Our Roll of Honor. Listing women and men who signed the Declaration of Sentiments at first Woman's Rights Convention, July 19-20, 1848

Our Roll of Honor. Listing women and men who signed the Declaration of...

Souvenir card listing 68 women and 32 men who signed the Declaration of Sentiments in 1848

Miss Katharine Morey, Massachusetts state chairman for the National Woman's Party, who is in charge of introducing the Woman's Party Bill for Equal Rights at the present session of the Legislature which convened January 3rd.

Miss Katharine Morey, Massachusetts state chairman for the National Wo...

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Women Ask President for Equal Rights Legislation. Fifty prominent members of the New National Woman's Party called at the White House today to ask the president's aid in passing an "Equal Rights Bill" in the next Congress. The bill would give women full equality in the government service, give married women citizenship in their own right and make women of the District of Columbia eligible to serve on juries, equal guardianship rights, and equal rights of inheritance and contract. Photograph shows suffragists with President Harding at the White House.

Women Ask President for Equal Rights Legislation. Fifty prominent memb...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of National Woman's Party members with President Harding on the lawn in front of the White House.

The progressive group in Congress from Minn. greet Myrtle Cain, Woman Farm Labor Rep. in the Minn. Legislature, upon her arrival in Wash. She brought a mandate from the Minn. progressives that they support the equal rights amendment, lft. to rt.: Rep. Knud Wefald, Sen. Henrick Shipstead, Sen. Magnus Johnson and Miss Cain

The progressive group in Congress from Minn. greet Myrtle Cain, Woman ...

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Our Bill of Rights is everybody's business / Stanley Dersh.

Our Bill of Rights is everybody's business / Stanley Dersh.

Print shows an early American courtroom scene labeled "Trial by Jury" with a man, possibly a jury foreman, standing next to the jury box, presenting a statement; another man sits in the foreground, at a desk on... More

Civil rights march on Wash[ington], D.C. / [WKL].

Civil rights march on Wash[ington], D.C. / [WKL].

Photograph showing civil rights leaders, including Martin Luther King, Jr., surrounded by crowds carrying signs. Title from contact sheet folder caption. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection.... More

[The civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965]

[The civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965]

Photograph shows some participants in the civil rights march sitting on a wall resting, one holds a placard which reads, "We march together, Catholics, Jews, Protestant, for dignity and brotherhood of all men u... More

Photograph of President William Jefferson Clinton Signing the Human Rights Proclamation in the Roosevelt Room of the White House

Photograph of President William Jefferson Clinton Signing the Human Ri...

This item is a photograph of President William Jefferson Clinton signing the Human Rights Proclamation in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. The image was photographed by Sharon Farmer. Photographs Relatin... More

The Women's March was a worldwide protest on January 21, 2017, to advocate legislation and policies regarding human rights and other issues, including women's rights, immigration reform, healthcare reform, reproductive rights, the natural environment, LGBTQ rights, racial equality, freedom of religion, and workers' rights

The Women's March was a worldwide protest on January 21, 2017, to advo...

Most of the rallies were aimed at Donald Trump, immediately following his inauguration as President of the United States, largely due to statements that he had made and his positions which were regarded by many... More

Theodore Roosevelt for Equal Rights

Theodore Roosevelt for Equal Rights

National American Woman Suffrage Association resolution contradicts a charge that President Theodore Roosevelt is an enemy of equal rights by outlining his legislative support of woman suffrage and punishment o... More

[Civil rights leaders meet with President John F. Kennedy in the oval office of the White House after the March on Washington, D.C.]

[Civil rights leaders meet with President John F. Kennedy in the oval ...

Photograph shows (left to right): Willard Wirtz (Secretary of Labor); Floyd McKissick (CORE); Mathew Ahmann (National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice); Whitney Young (National Urban Leage); Martin L... More

Photograph of Woman Holding Equal Rights for the Unborn Poster

Photograph of Woman Holding Equal Rights for the Unborn Poster

Photographs Used to Illustrate the Report, "Spirit of Houston: The First National Women's Conference"

Former President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, makes a point during his initial interview by a special tribunal, where he is informed of his alleged crimes and his legal rights

Former President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, makes a point during his ini...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32916-06] Visit to State of Sonia Pierre, human rights advocate in the Dominican Republic and Director of the Movement for Dominican Women of Haitian Descent. [Pierre met with Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Caribbean Affairs Office staff, including Director Brian Nichols.] [Photographer: Ann Thomas--State] [59-CF-DS-32916-06_DSC0500.jpg]

[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32916-06] Visit to State of Sonia Pierre, human ...

[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-32916-06] Visit to State of Sonia Pierre, human rights advocate in the Dominican Republic and Director of the Movement for Dominican Women of Haitian Descent. [Pierre met with Bureau of We... More

Civil Rights Memorial at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama

Civil Rights Memorial at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Cherokee, N.C., March 11, 2013 -- Annette Wright, a  FEMA  Region IV Contracting Officer, is working with Curtis Wildcatt, the  Eastern Band of Cherokee Tribal Employment Rights Office (EBCI-TERO) Compliance Officer with to insure that Native American vendors are qualified to do business with the federal government on a national level.  The training session is designed to train TERO employees on how to register Native American vendors with EBCI with federal government contracting opportunities.  This training has allowed a local Native American company, Qualla Security to be contracted to provide security services to the Joint Field Office. Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA

Cherokee, N.C., March 11, 2013 -- Annette Wright, a FEMA Region IV C...

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2013-03-11 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: Patsy Lynch City/State: Cherokee, NC Keywords: FEMA Cherokee Nation NC training federal contracts Native Am... More

The Women's March was a worldwide protest on January 21, 2017, to advocate legislation and policies regarding human rights and other issues, including women's rights, immigration reform, healthcare reform, reproductive rights, the natural environment, LGBTQ rights, racial equality, freedom of religion, and workers' rights

The Women's March was a worldwide protest on January 21, 2017, to advo...

Most of the rallies were aimed at Donald Trump, immediately following his inauguration as President of the United States, largely due to statements that he had made and his positions which were regarded by many... More

[Civil rights leaders meet with President John F. Kennedy in the oval office of the White House after the March on Washington, D.C.]

[Civil rights leaders meet with President John F. Kennedy in the oval ...

Photograph shows (left to right): Mathew Ahmann (National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice); Whitney Young (National Urban Leage); Martin Luther King, Jr.(SCLC); John Lewis (SNCC); Rabbi Joachim Prin... More

[Marchers with "Medical Committee for Civil Rights" banner at the March on Washington, 1963]

[Marchers with "Medical Committee for Civil Rights" banner at the Marc...

U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 10344, frame 36.

Ye May session of ye woman's rights convention - ye orator of ye day denouncing ye lords of creation / JM'N.

Ye May session of ye woman's rights convention - ye orator of ye day d...

Print shows a group of women in a hall listening to a woman speaker who is pointing to the men sitting in an upper gallery. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 3, no. 128 (1859 June 11), p. 372.

Tribune negatives including Mary Whitehouse demonstration and rally, Sydney, New South Wales, October 1978 (38738865060)

Tribune negatives including Mary Whitehouse demonstration and rally, S...

Protesting Right to Life, Sydney. Courtesy Tribune / SEARCH Foundation Call number: ON 160/Item 0378 Digital ID: FL4367976 Format: negative Find more detailed information about this photograph: archival.sl.nsw.... More

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.

Civil rights march on Wash[ington], D.C. / [WKL].

Civil rights march on Wash[ington], D.C. / [WKL].

Photograph showing crowds of people on The Mall, starting at the Lincoln Memorial, going around the Reflecting Pool, and continuing to the Washington Monument.

President Gerald R. Ford Greeting Roy Wilkins, Vernon Jordan, and Others Prior to the Signing Ceremony for H.R. 6219, Extending the Voting Rights Act of 1965

President Gerald R. Ford Greeting Roy Wilkins, Vernon Jordan, and Othe...

Gerald R. Ford White House Photographs Public domain photograph of US government, White House, Office of President of the United States of America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Port Chicago Memorial Sign - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Port Chicago Memorial Sign - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...

Port Chicago Memorial Sign Public domain photograph of a monument, memorial, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

President George W. Bush Meets with Dr. Halima Bashir, a Darfur Human Rights Activist

President George W. Bush Meets with Dr. Halima Bashir, a Darfur Human ...

Original caption: Original caption: President George W. Bush meets with Dr. Halima Bashir, a Darfur Human Rights Activist in the Oval Office of the White House. Photographs Related to the George W. Bush Administration

45th Anniversary of the Civil Rights March from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama

45th Anniversary of the Civil Rights March from Selma, Alabama to Mont...

For the 45th Anniversary of the 1965 Civil Rights March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, people walked across the Edmund Pettus Bridge to recreate the event. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided b... More

The Women's March was a worldwide protest on January 21, 2017, to advocate legislation and policies regarding human rights and other issues, including women's rights, immigration reform, healthcare reform, reproductive rights, the natural environment, LGBTQ rights, racial equality, freedom of religion, and workers' rights

The Women's March was a worldwide protest on January 21, 2017, to advo...

Most of the rallies were aimed at Donald Trump, immediately following his inauguration as President of the United States, largely due to statements that he had made and his positions which were regarded by many... 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.

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