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Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves.

Caption from caption list: SUFFRAGETTES ASK HARDING FOR 36TH STATE. The first delegation of women to call on Senator Harding since his nomination - members and officers of the National Womans party from fifteen states. Front row left to right Mrs John Gordon Batelle Columbus, Senator Harding, Miss Alice Paul, Mrs Helen Hoy Greeley, New York, MIss Sheldon Jackson D.C. Mrs Genevieve Allen California.

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Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947.

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This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings.

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In 1913 Woman suffrage procession organized by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns and led by Inez Milholland marched through Washington, D.C. In 1917 Suffragettes organized the "Silent Sentinels" first protest outside The White House, in Washington led by Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party. Alice Paul served a 7-month jail sentence for protesting women's rights in Washington.

During the administrations of Presidents Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover, the National Photo Company supplied photographs of current news events in Washington, D.C., as a daily service to its subscribers. It also prepared sets of pictures on popular subjects and undertook special photographic assignments for local businesses and government agencies. The bulk of the images were created between 1909 and 1932. The photographic files of the National Photo Company, including an estimated 80,000 images (photographic prints and corresponding glass negatives), were acquired by the Library from its proprietor Herbert E. French in 1947.

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01/01/1920
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Alice Paul

Alice Paul was the leader of the 1910s suffragist movement for the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution - a right to vote for women. Paul was a leader of the National Woman's Party.

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The National Photo Company Collection, Washington, D.C.
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district of columbia
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Library of Congress
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