woman suffrage movement

Espérons que ce ballon d'essai ne deviendra pas un ballon captif / A. ...

Cartoon shows a hot air balloon labeled "Suffrage Universel" with wings floating above the Pyrenees and headed toward a sign labeled "Espagne". Illus. from: Actualités, no. 248. Tissandier collection.

Alice Paul, seated, photomechanical print

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Franchise. And not this man? / Th. Nast.

Columbia speaking, with hand on shoulder of Civil War soldier, who lost a leg in the war. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1865 Aug. 5, p. 489.

Pardon. Franchise Columbia. -- "Shall I trust these men, and not his m...

Centerfold prints show Columbia considering why she should pardon Confederate troops who are begging for forgiveness when an African American Union soldier with an amputated leg does not have the right to vote.

"The first vote" / AW ; drawn by A.R. Waud.

Illustration shows a queue of African American men, the first, dressed as a laborer, casting his vote, the second is dressed as a businessman, the third is wearing a Union army uniform, and the fourth appears t... More

The good time coming / Thomas Hogan.

People looking at angel and words in sky "peace, union, fraternity, impartial suffrage, universal education, Grant and Colfax," over U.S. Capitol dome.

[Woman suffrage] - Public domain illustration engraving

Sorosis 1869. "...the Territory of Wyo. granted unrestricted suffrage for women." Wood engraving after Ch. G. Bush. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1869 May 15. Courtesy Mariners Museum, Newport News, Va. This reco... More

Female suffrage - wouldn't it put too much power into the hands of Bri...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 29 (1869 Oct. 2), p. 56.

Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving dinner / Th. Nast.

Uncle Sam carving turkey at large table surrounded by men, women and children of different races; centerpiece is labeled "self-government/universal suffrage". Wood engraving by Thomas Nast. Illus. in: Harper's ... More

The modern Cornelia, a veritable rum 'un

Woman labeled "universal suffrage" seated on ballot box, African American man labeled "Negro suffrage", and woman labeled "female suffrage" holding club labeled "sorosis." Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated ... More

Flower-sellers in the market at Washington, D.C. / drawn by A.L. Jacks...

Illustration showing on the top, African American women selling flowers outside a building in Washington, D.C.; and on the bottom, African American men registering to vote. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 14, n... More

Mother Sexton - Early photography, Public domain image

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, full-length, Lydia Sexton, facing forward, standing next to a raised urn with her left hand resting on stone pedestal, wearing a bonnet and... More

Lucretia Mott. - Public domain portrait photograph

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Frances E. Willard, Head and Shoulders Portrait

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

The factors of the Greenback-Labor-Socialist-Woman-Suffrage Party [car...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 50 (1880 July 3), p. 312.

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

"Freedom of suffrage to the blacks means freedom of suffrage to the wh...

Illustration shows the Temple of Liberty boarded up by Southern states to disenfranchise black voters while inviting the North, represented by New York's Tammany Hall, to do the same in spite of Secretary of St... More

Now let the show go on! / F. Opper.

Illustration shows a woman labeled "Mrs. Lockwood", holding papers that state "Nomination for Pres. Womens' Rights Party", bursting through an opening in the floor of a stage to appear next to a clown labeled "... More

Female suffrage in Kansas - fashionable ladies of Leavenworth soliciti...

Wood engraving after sketch by J. Gibson. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 64 (1887 April 16), p. 133.

Which? A timely question [man labeled "popular vote" looking at Republ...

Wood engraving after drawing by Matt. Morgan. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 65 (1888 July 21), p. 357.

York family, West Union, Nebraska

summary: Photographer's annotation: "Mr. York, one of the early settlers south of West Union in a debate on women's suffrage one time he said he did not believe in ladies voting. He thought the dear ladies sho... More

York family, West Union, Nebraska

summary: Photographer's annotation: "Mr. York, one of the early settlers south of West Union in a debate on women's suffrage one time he said he did not believe in ladies voting. He thought the dear ladies sho... More

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.

Isabella B. Hooker and John Hooker, 1893

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

The Late Mrs. Caroline Hallowell Miller, NAWSA suffrage scrapbooks

Caroline Hollowell Miller organized Maryland Woman Suffrage Association in 1889 Public domain photograph of 19th-century photomechanical print, book illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image -... More

George William Curtis portrait with quote, NAWSA suffrage scrapbooks

Next scrapbook page, 29, is blank. Public domain scan of 19th century American drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lucretia Mott portrait with quote, NAWSA suffrage scrapbooks

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

Circular Postcard to New York legislators

Circular postcard urging recipient legislator to support concurrent resolution to amend state constitution. Handwritten note: "Send Neli Barclay word about having child labor meeting; Percy Grant speaker"

Enclosure: Mrs. Mary E. Craigie of Brooklyn, speaker, New York State W...

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Wendell Phillips portrait with quote, NAWSA suffrage scrapbooks

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Delegate National American Woman Suffrage Association 31st Annual Conv...

Anne Fitzhugh Miller was a delegate to National American Woman Suffrage Association Convention

Unconcerned. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Caricature of women's suffrage showing women lounging in Woman's Ultra Country Club. Color lithograph copyrighted by Keppler & Schwarzmann. Illus. in: Puck, 1899 Jan. 11, p. 16. This record contains unverified,... More

New York State Woman Suffrage Association 31st Annual Convention, Dunk...

Anne Fitzhugh Miller was a delegate to New York State Woman Suffrage Convention in Dunkirk

R-Mrs. Susan Fitsgerald and L-Miss Louise Hall

An old black and white photo of two women holding signs. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Suf. [i.e. suffrage] parade - Public domain portrait photograph

A group of women walking down a street. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lucy E. Anthony - Public domain portrait photograph

An old photo of a woman holding an american flag. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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Alice Stone Blackwell - Public domain portrait photograph

A woman sitting at a table reading a newspaper. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alice Stone Blackwell - Public domain dedication image

A black and white photo of a woman reading a newspaper. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dr. Stevenson of Philadelphia. - Public domain portrait photograph

A woman standing next to a sign that says woman suffrage party. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harriet May Mills, V. Pres. Woman's Suffrage Ass'n; Ella Hawley Crosse...

An old black and white photo of a woman and a child. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Rose Cumming, Mrs. Edith Griffith

Photograph shows Rose Cumming and Edith Griffith wearing banners reading "Woman Suffrage Party".

Mrs. Greely - Public domain demonstration photograph

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Carrie Nation - Public domain portrait photograph

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

Suffrage parade, Mch. 3/1913 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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Mrs. Nellie van Slingerland holding banner of Joan of Arc Suffrage Lea...

A black and white photo of a woman holding a child. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ida Husted Harper - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a woman sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alice Paul - Public domain portrait print

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

Cadillaqua auto parade, 1912, women's suffrage section

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Miss Milholland selling papers - Public domain portrait photograph

An old photo of a man and a woman. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Suffrage parade, Mch. 3/13 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Agnes Jenks - Public domain portrait photograph

An old photo of a woman holding a sign. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Ella Hawley Crossett speaks to Geneva Political Equality Club, NAWSA s...

Clippings cover Ella Hawley Crossett's remarks on history of New York State Woman Suffrage Association, need to organize county clubs, and higher education of women in England and Germany; cameo image of Crossett

Kate M. Gordon, Corresponding Secretary, National American Woman Suffr...

Print affixed to envelope containing clippings: "Addresses at New Orleans." Public domain photograph of 19th-century photomechanical print, book illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Pic... More

Woman Suffrage Movement Growing Stronger Each Year, NAWSA suffrage scr...

Lewis responds to anti-suffragists, noting support of National Grande and American Federation of Labor and interest among working women; see also 3:139 Clipping above, probably from 1900, notes lack of support ... More

Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, Treasurer, National American Woman Suffrage...

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New York State Woman Suffrage Association 35th Annual Convention, Horn...

Convention delegate ribbon and pin. Anne Fitzhugh Miller was delegate as President of Ontario County Political Equality Club

Mrs. May Wright Sewall, late Pres. International Council of Women

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, head and chest, May Eliza Wright Sewall, facing forward, wearing lace collar and ruffled dress.

The lid is off again / Ehrhart.

Illustration shows a devil taking the lid off a box labeled "Society" allowing fumes to escape which show the liberation of women, such as being granted divorces, horseback riding, driving automobiles, gambling... More

Enclosure: Mrs. Oreola Williams Haskell, speaker at New York State Wom...

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SUFFRAGE GROUP - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

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

Miss Alice Paul of Natl. Woman's Party

A black and white photo of a woman reading a book. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Miss Helen Kellar [Keller] of Massachusetts is one of the prominent me...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Head-and-shoulder portrait of Helen Keller, facing right. Published in Official Program Woman Suffrage Procession, Washington, D.C., March 13, 1913, Nationa... More

SETON, ERNEST, MRS. SUFFRAGE GROUP, Portrait photo, Library of Congres...

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

[Suffrage parade, New York City(?)]

George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of procession, parade in New York, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

GUNSTON HALL YANKEE CLUB - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Miss Julia Marlowe of New York, the well known actress, is one of the ...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Head-and-shoulders portrait of actress Julia Marlowe, hair loose, facing camera. Research indicates uncropped version of this photograph was published as a postcard by the ... More

Suffrage Speakers - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

A black and white photo of a group of women. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Enclosure: New York State Woman Suffrage Association 38th Annual Conve...

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New York State Woman Suffrage Association Convention, Syracuse, New Yo...

Anne Fitzhugh Miller was a delegate to New York Woman's Suffrage Association Syracuse Convention. Button image: Susan B. Anthony

Anne Fitzhugh Miller Delegate Ribbon, Baltimore, 1906 and photo mechan...

Anne Fitzhugh Miller was a delegate to the 1906 Baltimore National American Woman Suffrage Association Convention

The political uncle tommers / Kep., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Benjamin R. Tillman as "Simon Legree", whipping a black man labeled "Negro Voter". Caption: Simon Legree Tillman Don't I own you, body and soul, you black dog? / Uncle Tom Yuh may own mah... More

Baroness Alexandra Gripenberg elected to Finnish Assembly

Nineteen women elected to national legislature in Finland in March 1907.

English Women Suffragists Parade with Sandwich Boards to Aid "Cause"

Women's Freedom League, which split from Women's Social and Political Union in October 1907, protest at London police courts against man-made laws. Date based on sandwich board signs announcing suffrage meeting... More

"I tell you Woman's Suffrage would strengthen the solar plexus of the ...

Man and woman in bed, with the woman talking to the man, who is holding his head over a bedpan. H88334 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by B.W. Kilburn. This record contains unverified, old data from ca... More

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

Mrs. Catherine Waugh McCulloch, Justice of the Peace of Evanston, Ill.

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Head and shoulders portrait of Judge Catharine Gouger Waugh McCulloch, facing camera, in high lace collar. Judge and attorney Catherine McCulloch chaired the Legislative Co... More

"O Save Us, Senators, From Ourselves!"

W. A. Rogers cartoon: Anti-suffragists presenting petition to New York Senators Thomas Grady and John Raines

Interurban Woman Suffrage Council. Meeting notice Anne Cobden Sanderso...

New York State Woman Suffrage Association 39th annual convention, Gene...

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Susan B. Anthony, portrait with Carrie Chapman Catt quotation on Antho...

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Suffrage postcard postcard, suffrage scrapbook

Emily Ford sketch of working girl viewing posted sign "Factory Acts Regulation for Women" with caption "They have a cheek. I've never been asked."

Votes for Women, Hyde Park Demonstration, London, June 21, 1908, Souve...

Hyde Park Suffrage Demonstration Program includes map showing route of 7 processions and placement of 20 speaker's platforms, encircled by portraits of 20 women speakers and border of purple violets.

Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) photomechanical print

Caption: I would like to see the ballot in the hand of every woman.-Mark Twain.

[Mme. Jane Brigode, Belgian suffragist, half-length portrait, facing l...

George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of 20th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

Votes for Women, Programme and souvenir, Hyde Park Demonstration, Lond...

Hyde Park Suffrage Demonstration Program includes map showing route of 7 processions and placement of 20 speaker's platforms, encircled by portraits of 20 women speakers and list of 60 speakers; border of pink rosettes.

The Ex-Prisoners Acknowledging the Greetings of Friends From Their Hea...

WSPU suffrage demonstration from Holloway Jail to Queen's Hall. Public domain photograph of 19th-century photomechanical print, book illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Signe Bergman, President of the Swedish Society for Woman Suffrage, h...

George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Reproduction of photograph. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Mrs. Helen Gardener and Miss Alice Paul, seated, full-length portrait...

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Leaving the Gaol, suffrage scrapbook

Smiling women, one in white and one with "Votes for Women" sash marching down street.

New York, N.Y.--Suffragettes on 23rd Street

Suffragettes with large crowd of men. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Miss Anne Fitzhugh Miller and Elizabeth Smith Miller

photomechanical print of Anne Fitzhugh Miller and Elizabeth Smith Miller, who received tribute for their work at Ontario County Woman Suffrage Association Convention.

Wallack's Theatre; Mary Shaw in 'Votes for Women'

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English Women's Rights Upheld By an Able Champion, Emmeline Pankhurst

Extracts from Anne Fitzhugh Miller's introduction to Emmeline Pankhurst; few men in fair-sized crowd; Pankhurst declares more violence done to women than by women. More sex discrimination than class discriminat... More

"'Votes for Women". Book illustration from Library of Congress

English suffrage play, "Votes for Women" by Elizabeth Robyns is being performed by Mary Shaw to benefit the suffrage organizations and the Actors' Society. Equality League of Self-Supporting Women to have first... More

Marble Palace at Newport. Lectures on Woman Suffrage, Marble House, Au...

Announcing lectures by Anna Howard Shaw and Charles Zueblin; Photomechanical prints of Anna Shaw, Mrs. Belmont and Marble House

Geneva Political Equality Club; A Great Event; Smith Opera House; Mrs....

Emmeline Pankhurst to speak on the meaning of the woman's movement in England. Geneva Political Equality Club members to wear yellow ribbons