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Sarah [...] Suffragette[?] - Public domain portrait photograph

Sarah [...] Suffragette[?] - Public domain portrait photograph

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

Emmeline Pankhurst, 1907-1912. - Public domain portrait print

Emmeline Pankhurst, 1907-1912. - Public domain portrait print

7JCC/O/01/017Postcard, printed, monochrome photographic studio portrait of Emmeline Pankhurst, seated, head and shoulders, front-profile, oval, white border, black text, printed inscription front: 'Mrs Pankhurs... More

The arrest of Flora Drummond, Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst, 1908.

The arrest of Flora Drummond, Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst, 1908.

7JCC/O/02/064.Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, Flora Drummond, Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst being arrested by Inspector Jarvis at the Women's Social & Political Union offices, 13 Oct 1908; printed i... More

Annie Kenney, Constance Lytton and Emmeline Pethick Lawrence, 1909.

Annie Kenney, Constance Lytton and Emmeline Pethick Lawrence, 1909.

7JCC/O/02/079Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, mounted on card, Emmeline Pethick Lawrence planting a tree, watched by Annie Kenney and Constance Lytton; manuscript inscription on front 'L Blathwayt 23-4-0... More

Mrs. Lawrence Lewis of Philadelphia[delphia] [Dora Lewis]

Mrs. Lawrence Lewis of Philadelphia[delphia] [Dora Lewis]

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

Nell Mercer, Norfolk, Virginia - Public domain portrait

Nell Mercer, Norfolk, Virginia - Public domain portrait

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Half-length portrait of Nell Mercer, seated, with painted backdrop, wearing broad-collared suit and hat with leaves and berries. Printed as a picture postcard. Nell Mercer ... More

National Anti-Suffrage Association

National Anti-Suffrage Association

Photograph shows men looking at material posted in the window of the National Anti-Suffrage Association headquarters; sign in window reads "Headquarters National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage".

Constance Lytton and others in the 'Prison to Citizenship' pageant, 1911.

Constance Lytton and others in the 'Prison to Citizenship' pageant, 19...

7JCC/O/02/072Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, a group of Women's Social & Political Union (WSPU) members carrying poles with white triangular banners waiting to take part in the women's Coronation proces... More

Women queuing outside Bow Street, c.1912.

Women queuing outside Bow Street, c.1912.

7JCC/O/02/051.Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, a long line of women, many carrying suitcases, outside Bow Street, a policeman at the head of the queue; printed inscription on reverse 'Copyright photograp... More

Barbara Wylie and Emmeline Pankhurst, 1912.

Barbara Wylie and Emmeline Pankhurst, 1912.

7JCC/O/02/102.Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, Barbara Wylie shaking hands with Emmeline Pankhurst at Euston Station before embarking on a speaking tour of Canada; printed caption on reverse, also printe... More

[Suffragist Margaret Foley distributing the Woman's Journal and Suffrage News]

[Suffragist Margaret Foley distributing the Woman's Journal and Suffra...

Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of Margaret Foley (right?) and an unidentified woman (left), both carrying pocketbooks and wearing fur-trimmed hats and fur stoles, standing outsi... More

Mrs. [Florence] Boeckel. - Public domain portrait print

Mrs. [Florence] Boeckel. - Public domain portrait print

Summary: Informal portrait of Florence Brewer Boeckel seated at desk, with pencil in hand, reading a typewritten document in front of her, wearing a blouse, jacket, and wide-brimmed hat with appliquéd flowers. ... More

"All together now! Stop her!"

"All together now! Stop her!"

Illustration shows several diminutive figures, men and women, hanging onto the robe labeled "Woman Suffrage" and sandal of a gigantic woman who is striding forward; a placard lying on the ground states "Anti-Su... More

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...

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

International Congress of Women1915
Controversial Party Banner in Tucson, Ariz[ona], 1916

Controversial Party Banner in Tucson, Ariz[ona], 1916

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of street in Tucson with banner raised up across, "Women voters vote against Wilson-Ashurst-Hayden. Their party opposes national woman suffrage. National Woman's... More

Mabel Vernon Speaking at Suffrage Rally, May, 1916

Mabel Vernon Speaking at Suffrage Rally, May, 1916

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Mabel Vernon speaking to large crowd (mostly men) outside building in Chicago. Cropped version of the photograph published in The Suffragist, 4, no. 25 (June ... More

Joy Young at time of Inez Milholland memorial services at [U.S.] Capitol

Joy Young at time of Inez Milholland memorial services at [U.S.] Capit...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Informal portrait, full-length, Joy Young, facing forward, standing outdoors on sidewalk with banner, "Without Extinction is Liberty, Without Retrograde is ... More

Abby Scott Baker. - Public domain dedication image

Abby Scott Baker. - Public domain dedication image

Summary: Informal, three-quarter-length portrait of Abby Scott Baker of Washington, D.C., sitting at a desk, facing left, and reading, with papers, books, and a typewriter nearby. Title supplied by Library of C... More

Gov. Gardner signing resolution ratifying amendment to U.S. Constitution granting universal franchise to women / Carl Deeg.

Gov. Gardner signing resolution ratifying amendment to U.S. Constituti...

Photograph shows a large group, mostly women, standing around a table in the office of Missouri Governor Frederick Gardner as he signs the resolution ratifying the 19th constitutional amendment; Missouri became... More

Miss Ting in attendance at the International Conference of Women Physicians being held at the Y.W.C.A. headquarters in New York.  Miss Ting is a senior medical student at Michigan Medical University.

Miss Ting in attendance at the International Conference of Women Physi...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Half-length portrait of Miss Ting, standing by window, facing camera, hands clasped before her, wearing Chinese dress and watch, with pen inserted in dress near collar.

Miss Maude Younger of California, Chairman Legislative Committee National Woman's Party

Miss Maude Younger of California, Chairman Legislative Committee Natio...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, head and shoulders, Maude Younger, facing slightly to the right with head turned toward camera, wearing wide-brimmed hat with ribbon on ban... More

Party members picketing the Republican convention, Chicago, June 1920. L-R Abby Scott Baker, Florence Taylor Marsh, Sue White, Elsie Hill, Betty Gram.

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

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of women holding banners outside in front of stores. Banners read "Tennessee," "Connecticut," and "We protest against the continued disfranchisement of women for... More

The Public Health Nurse is a friend and gets met at the station! In more than one rural district she rides around on the back of a horse or a burro herself - up the rocky beds of streams to far away cabins, across southern mountains, and over the plains of the West.

The Public Health Nurse is a friend and gets met at the station! In mo...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of a public health nurse, outside with hat and bag, standing next to burro carrying four children.

Emmeline Pankhurst as a young girl, 1870s.

Emmeline Pankhurst as a young girl, 1870s.

7JCC/O/02/088.Photograph, modern reproduction, printed, paper, monochrome, studio portrait of Emmeline Pankhurst leaning against the back of a chair, three quarter length, right profile; printed below image 'Ab... More

Waiting for suffragettes outside Bow Street, c.1908-1912.

Waiting for suffragettes outside Bow Street, c.1908-1912.

7JCC/O/02/054.Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, a large group of women being controlled by police waiting outside Bow Street Magistrates' Court for women to be released; printed inscription on reverse 'Co... More

Evelina Haverfield and Emmeline Pankhurst in court, c.1909.

Evelina Haverfield and Emmeline Pankhurst in court, c.1909.

7JCC/O/02/059.Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, general view of a crowded courtroom with Evelina Haverfield and Emmeline Pankhurst seated in the dock at Bow Street Magistrates' Court; manuscript inscripti... More

WSPU waitresses at Women's Exhibition, 1909.

WSPU waitresses at Women's Exhibition, 1909.

TWL/2002/387 Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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.

[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

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

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

Christabel Pankhurst in New York, c.1914.

Christabel Pankhurst in New York, c.1914.

7JCC/O/02/106.Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, Christabel Pankhurst seated on a chair, wearing hat and long white gloves; printed inscription on reverse 'Copyrighted by the International News Service, 23... More

The mascot / painted by Rolf Armstrong.

The mascot / painted by Rolf Armstrong.

Illustration shows head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman wearing a uniform and Puck holding a large pencil, both wear sashes labeled "Votes for Women". Illus. in: Puck, v. 77, no. 1981 (1915 February 20), cov... 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

[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

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).

The first picket line - College day in the picket line

The first picket line - College day in the picket line

Women suffragists picketing in front of the White house. Forms part of: National Woman's Party records, Manuscript Division.

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

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

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.

Votes for Women at 21, 1927. - Public domain historical image
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

The awakening / Hy Mayer. - Drawing. Public domain image.

The awakening / Hy Mayer. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows a torch-bearing female labeled "Votes for Women", symbolizing the awakening of the nation's women to the desire for suffrage, striding across the western states, where women already had the r... More

Progress of Woman Suffrage in Finland and Norway

Progress of Woman Suffrage in Finland and Norway

Public domain scan of newspaper clippings, periodicals, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

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.

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

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).

Emmeline Pethick Lawrence, c.1910.

Emmeline Pethick Lawrence, c.1910.

7JCC/O/02/133.Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, reproduction of a [painted] portrait of Emmeline Pethick Lawrence, head and shoulders, front profile

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.

[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."

[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

The municipal ballot From force of habit she will clean this up Lou Rogers

The municipal ballot From force of habit she will clean this up Lou Ro...

Illustration shows a woman with cleaning supplies facing a giant sphere marked "The municipal ballot" labeled with problems that she will solve if allowed to vote; on page with The Modern Woman - Suffragette Sn... More

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

Boiling over / Mabel Lucie Attwell., Political Cartoon

Boiling over / Mabel Lucie Attwell., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a little girl standing at the peak of a mountain, holding a banner labeled "Achievement" in one hand and toting bundles labeled "Votes, Equality, [and] Rights" with the other. She is starting... 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....

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Mrs. Suffern with a home-made banner in the parade

Mrs. Suffern with a home-made banner in the parade

Photograph shows Mrs. Suffern wearing a sash and carrying a sign that says "Help us to win the vote," surrounded by a crowd of men and boys. LOT subdivision subject: Women's suffrage in the United States - Act... 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

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

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

Suffragette - Public domain monumental decor drawing

Suffragette - Public domain monumental decor drawing

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

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.

Photograph of Eleanor Rathbone, 1922.

Photograph of Eleanor Rathbone, 1922.

COLL MISC 1104 Public domain photograph related to German history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[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.

Afternoon tea / Albert Levering 1910., Political Cartoon

Afternoon tea / Albert Levering 1910., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a socialite, prisoner "no. 500", in prison as a martyr for the cause of women's suffrage, having a tea party with her society friends outside her cell labeled "Cell no. 500 Our Noble Martyres... More

The feminine of Jekyll and Hyde / Keppler.

The feminine of Jekyll and Hyde / Keppler.

Illustration shows a woman holding a flag labeled "Woman Suffrage" standing behind an angry hag labeled "Militant Lawlessness" with a Medusa-like face, wide-eyed and open mouth, rushing toward the viewer, carry... More

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

Public domain image of an early automobile, 1910s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Suffrage Posters from Schlesinger Library

Suffrage Posters from Schlesinger Library

Give mother the vote, we need it..Date: n.d...Catalog Record: bit.ly/1ADhzVY ( http://bit.ly/1ADhzVY ) ..Questions? Ask a Schlesinger Librarian ( http://asklib.schlesinger.radcliffe.edu/index.php )

Susan B. Anthony with seven other women

Susan B. Anthony with seven other women

Susan Brownell Anthony, (February 15, 1820 - March 13, 1906) was a prominent a prominent American suffragist leader who, along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, led the effort to secure Women's suffrage in the Unite... More

Suffrage Posters from Schlesinger Library

Suffrage Posters from Schlesinger Library

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

[Jane Addams, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

[Jane Addams, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Copyright by Ed. D. Waters. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Election Day! - Public domain  drawing

Election Day! - Public domain drawing

J72583 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by E.W. Gustin. Public domain photograph of 20th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Procession of released prisoners, 1909.

Procession of released prisoners, 1909.

7JCC/O/02/071Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, procession of women in white each carrying a pole topped by an arrow head, among them Christabel Pankhurst in academic robes, Emmeline Pethick Lawrence, Emme... More

Christabel Pankhurst, 1909. Poster from London School of Economics collection

Christabel Pankhurst, 1909. Poster from London School of Economics col...

7JCC/O/02/108b.Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, Christabel Pankhurst holding a Women's Social & Political Union (WSPU) flag and waving from the window of a house; printed inscription on reverse 'Illustra... More

[Men's League for Woman Suffrage, Miller Scrapbook]

[Men's League for Woman Suffrage, Miller Scrapbook]

Two pages from the Scrapbooks of Elizabeth Smith Miller and Anne Fitzhugh Miller, with a photograph of Nathaniel Schmidt, brochures, clippings and other ephemera related to the Men's League for Woman Suffrage a... More

Christabel Pankhurst in a suffragette procession, 1911.

Christabel Pankhurst in a suffragette procession, 1911.

7JCC/O/01/002Photographic postcard, printed, monochrome, suffragette procession taken from above, Christabel Pankhurst in a white dress and academic robes walking ahead of a banner '690 IMPRISONMENTS TO WIN FRE... 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

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

Head of suffrage parade, Washington, D.C.

Head of suffrage parade, Washington, D.C.

Women suffragists marching on Pennsylvania Avenue led by Mrs. Richard Coke Burleson (center on horseback); U.S. Capitol in background.

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

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

Charlotte Despard, Edith How Martyn and Emma Sproson, c.1914.

Charlotte Despard, Edith How Martyn and Emma Sproson, c.1914.

7JCC/O/02/067.Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, Charlotte Despard, Edith How Martyn and Emma Sproson walking arm in arm down a street, watched by a policeman; manuscript inscription on reverse 'Women's Fr... 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

[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

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).

Revised / Chamberlain. - Public domain  drawing

Revised / Chamberlain. - Public domain drawing

Cartoon showing a woman revising statement on a wall; she changes "Woman's sphere is the home" to "Woman's sphere is wherever she makes good--"; she is holding a list of places, such as "The home" "The Law" "In... 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.

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.

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

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

[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.

Photograph of a Suffragette Parade in New York City

Photograph of a Suffragette Parade in New York City

Photographs Used in Publications Public domain photograph of procession, parade in New York, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Official program - Woman suffrage procession, Washington, D.C. March 3, 1913 Dale

Official program - Woman suffrage procession, Washington, D.C. March 3...

Cover of program for the National American Women's Suffrage Association procession, showing woman, in elaborate attire, with cape, blowing long horn, from which is draped a "votes for women" banner, on decorate... More

The fifteenth amendment. American Civil War 1861-1865.

The fifteenth amendment. American Civil War 1861-1865.

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

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