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Carte de visite of Sojourner Truth, 1864
This small photograph, called a carte de visite, from the year 1864 features Sojourner Truth. Truth was a prominent abolitionist and activist of women's rights in the nineteenth century. The statement "I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance " is…
Postcard, Inez Millholland leading suffrage parade, 1913
On March 3, 1913 Inez Milholland, dressed in white and sitting astride a white horse, led the march for women’s suffrage in Washington, D.C. A suffragist, labor lawyer, and war correspondent Milholland was a champion for many causes. She was a…
Photograph, African American band followed by the Colored Women's Suffragist Club marching in a women’s suffrage parade on Fifth Avenue in New York City, 1915 October 23
Shows an African American band and the Colored Women's Suffragist Club marching in a women's suffrage parade in New York City
Photograph, Beginning of Woman Suffrage Procession Parade, Washington D.C., 1913 March 3
Image shows the beginning of the Woman Suffrage Procession Parade as they come upon Pennsylvania Avenue
Postcard, the scene “Liberty and Her Attendants,” from the performance of “The Allegory,” Washington, D.C., 1913 March 3
Many suffrage parades were embellished with pageants, or mini dramas and tableaus. During the 1913 suffrage parade in Washington, D.C. the procession came to a stop in front of the U.S. Treasury building and more than 100 women performed “The…
Postcard, "Ain't man generous? Everything but that Vote!", undated
Postcard with political cartoon. Acts as a partner/accompanying piece to the "I have it all. I should worry!" postcard. "VOTES FOR WOMEN" is printed at the top.
Postcard, "I have it all. I should worry!", undated
Postcard with political cartoon. Acts as a partner/accompanying piece to the "Ain't man generous? Everything but that Vote!" postcard. "VOTES FOR WOMEN" is printed at the top, but with the first two letters of women crossed out so it read "VOTES FOR…
Postcard, “Mother’s Got the Habit Now,” 1913
This anti-suffrage image mocks women for following the women's suffrage movement by showing an unhappy husband and child.
Radio Program Summary, “Last Minute Headlines From WRFC,” 1953 February 18
Headlines from a Athens, Georgia radio station. The underlined portion, which reads "Attorney General Cook renews plea for dismissal of suit by Atlanta negro seeking entrance to University law school", refers to Horace T. Ward's attempt to receive…