Suffragettes

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Mrs. Pankhurst's Memorial Unveiled.The unveiling of the memorial to Mrs. Pankhurst this morning. March 06, 1930. (Photo by International Graphic Press).

Pankhurst ExplainsSylvia Pankhurst, the famed suffragette leader of three decades ago, tells a London Bobby, outside the Italian embassy June 13, why she has just placed a copy of the Abyssinian paper "Ethiopian News" on the Embassy steps as a protest gesture. June 24, 1940. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Funeral Of Mrs. Pankhurst.Miss Christabel Oankhurst, Mrs. Lrummond, and other prominent surfragists at the graveside.The funeral service of Mrs. pankhurst, took place at St. John's Church, Westminster. Women who took part in the militant movement followed the cortege to brompton cemetery. Nine ex-militant suffragettes, all of whom suffered imprisonment acted as pall-bearers. July 01, 1928. (Photo by Central News).

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Mrs. Pankhurst StatueThe statue of Mrs. Pankhurst, the famous suffragette leader is being unveiled at Westminster tomorrow. March 03, 1930. (Photo by London News Agency Photos Ltd.).

Pankhurst SpeaksFrom The Plinth of the Nelson Column, Miss Sylvia Pankhurst protested against the British policy in India, when the Friends of India Society held a mass demonstration in Trafalgar Square. February 26, 1932. (Photo by The Associated Press of Great Britain Ltd.).

Suffragette Demonstration in London, 1908 Artist Unknown

The Fighting Pankhursts.Adela (left) was packed off to Australia when her socialism became embarrassingAdela Pankhurst Walsh in the 1930's needed only a chair to gather a crowd and espouse some cause in which she fervently believed.Miss Adela Mary Pankhurst-Walsh who was a force in the suffragette movement more than home yesterday, aged 73.She was the last surviving member of the famous Pnakhurst suffragette family. September 05, 1951.

High angle view of a group of suffragettes in an office

Date: January 1914 - Mrs. Sidney Berg and Mrs. Calvin Tompkins.

Rosalie Jones' Army Suffragettes (hiking) ca. 1910-1915 (possibly the March to Albany).

Rosalie Jones' Army Suffragettes (hiking) ca. 1910-1915 (possibly the March to Albany).

'American Suffragette,' Mrs. H. Riordan, distributing literature in New York City in 1910 (BSLOC_2018_2_62)

Christabel Pankhurst, co-founder of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU). The British suffragette she directed WSPU militant actions from exile in France from 1912 to 1913 which included shouting down speakers, hunger strikes, stone-throwing, window-smashing, and arson (BSLOC_2018_2_55)

American womens peace parade in New York City, shortly after the start of World War I. On Aug. 29, 1914, they marched down Fifth Avenue, led by Chief Marshal Portia Willis FitzGerald (on right), called Prettiest Suffragette in New York State (BSLOC_2017_1_63)

French suffragettes organise their own parallel election Date: 26th April 1914

The suffragette nails her colours to the mast Date: 1905

'Man's reward. Suffragette in action.' Date: early 20th century

'The English Inquisitors have revived torture in our prisons'. A comment on the treatment of Suffragettes in prison. Date: circa 1910

'What I would do with the Suffragists' a somewhat unsympathetic approach to the problem of women's rights. Date: circa 1909

London Life - A Rotary Postcard photograph showing a suffragette selling copies of 'The Suffragette paper - October, 1912. The woman in the image is wearing a Holloway brooch, a brooch of honour designed by Sylvia Pankhurst for women who had been imprisoned in Holloway Prison. The brooch shows a portcullis symbol of the House of commons, the gate and hanging chains in silver and the superimposed broad arrow in purple, white and green enamel. The newsletter The Suffragette was published by the Wo

British suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst arrested and carried away by a policeman for leading suffragettes attempt to present a petition to King George V at Buckingham Palace. June 2, 1914.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902), holding her infant daughter Harriot, one of her seven children in 1856. Harriot (1856-1940), followed her mother as an feminist activist.

Jeanette Rankin, with hat, fur muff, and several issues of THE SUFFRAGIST, the magazine of the militant National Women's Party with two women, who also hold copies of the paper. Rankin was later serve two terms in Congress representing Montana.

Poster advertising the 1897 New York State Woman Suffrage Convention.

American Alice Paul, leader of the militant National Women's Party meeting with English feminists at American Woman's Club in London. (l to r) Alice Paul, Elizabeth Robins, Viscountess Rhondda, Dr. Louisa Martindale, Mrs. Virginia Crawford, Dorothy Evans, Standing: Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, Alison Neilans, Florence Underwood, Miss Barry.

Suffragists on horseback in a parade in Washington, D.C. on May 9, 1914.

New York City suffrage parade, with crowds along street. Anne Fitzhugh Miller, a prominent reformer, is in the middle group of three women. May 6, 1911.

Inez Milholland, wearing white robes and a crown riding a white horse as the 'Herald' in the Women's Suffrage parade of March 3, 1913, the day prior to Woodrow Wilson's inauguration. It was the last major suffrage demonstration to use such theatrical costumes.

Suffrage hikers on way to Washington walking through Newark, New Jersey on Broad Street, February 12, 1913. The hike was organized and led by 'General' Rosalie Jones, leading behind the first car.

Women's Suffrage hikers who took part in the walk from New York City to Washington, D.C. to join the National American Woman Suffrage Association parade of March 3, 1913. The parade marked the beginning of an eight year national campaign for votes for women.

Suffragists Catherine Flanagan (left) and Madeleine Watson (right) of the militant National Woman's Party being arrested as they picket the White House East Gate. Both were sentenced to 30 days in Occoquan Workhouse, a prison where they were sometimes physically abused, forced if they refused to eat, and made to live in filthy conditions.

Alva Belmont, seated second from right, was the wealthy former wife of a Vanderbilt and Belmont, and the most important financial benefactor of the National Womans Party. Dripping in jewels, she attends the Women's Voter Convention, Sept. 1915.

Carrie Chapman Catt, was president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association from 1900 to 1904 and 1915 to 1920. After the passage of the 19th Amendment she founded the League of Women Voters in 1920 .

Suffragist Lucy Branham speaking at outdoor meeting during the militant National Women's Party 'Prison Special' tour in Feb-Mar 1919. She was imprisoned in 1917 for picketing in Washington, D.C.

Suffragist Abby Scott Baker, models a prison dress. She was imprisoned for picketing in Washington, D.C. and wore her prison uniform as one of the speakers on the militant National Women's Party 'Prison Special' tour in Feb-Mar 1919.

Men and women witness as Colorado governor, Oliver H. Shoup, signs a ratification document for the 19th amendment granting woman's suffrage. Dec. 12, 1919.

Republican Convention in Chicago, June 1920. In the background, a National Women's Party banner reads, 'Why does the Republican Party Block suffrage' Within two months, the Tennessee legislature became the 36th state, making the 19th amendment part of the U.S. Constitution.

Alva Vanderbilt Belmont and Inez Milholland were wealthy Women's suffrage activists. Belmont was a major funder of the movement to pass the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote. 1913.

Three women's suffragists casting votes in New York City, ca. 1917

National Women's Party demonstration in front of the White House in 1918. The banner protests Wilson's failure to support women's suffrage.

Women suffragists cover a billboard to advertise their Washington, D.C. parade. Nation-wide demonstrations were held in May 1914 to support the Federal Amendment enfranchising women.

Three suffragettes demonstrate in New York City to promote Suffrage Hike of 1912 from Manhattan to Albany and distribute their VOTES FOR WOMEN PILGRIM leaflets. Left to right: Mrs. J. Hardy Stubbs, Miss Ida Craft, Miss Roaslie Jones.

Suffragists marching, probably in New York City in 1913.

Front page of the WOMAN'S JOURNAL AND SUFFRAGE NEWS with the headline: 'Parade struggles to victory despite disgraceful scenes.' Page reproduces photos of the women's suffrage parade in Washington, March 3, 1913.

Lucy Burns (1879-1966), in a jail at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia in November 1917. She served more time in jail than any other American suffragists for her pickets and other protests for Women's Rights.

Katharine Martha Houghton (1878-1951), the mother of famed actress Katherine Hepburn, in a portrait published in THE SUFFRAGIST in 1920. She was an heiress to the Corning Glass fortune, a lifelong feminist, and a co-founder of Planned Parenthood. 1920.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902), important leader of the 19th century women's rights movement in the United States. Portrait ca. 1890.

Policeman leads an arrested National Woman's Party protestor away from a woman's suffrage bonfire demonstration at the White House in 1918.

Woman suffrage picket protests criminal arrests of militant protestors from the National Woman's Party (NWP). As prisoners, Alice Paul and others demanded to be held as political prisoners, and staged hunger strikes.

Alice Paul (1885-1977), militant American Suffragette leader and feminist at her desk in 1915. She was jailed three times in her protests for the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. In 1923 she drafted the first proposed equal rights amendment to the Constitution.

Alice Paul (1885-1977), protested with British women's suffrage advocates before becoming chairman of the Congressional Committee of the militant National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1913. In 1917 it merged with the Womans Party to form the National Womans Party

Three feminists activists in conference. Left to right: Dora Lewis Lawrence, activists and philanthropists; Pauline Floyd,(later the youngest lawyer admitted to practice before the supreme court) and Alice Paul. Ca. 1910-1920.

Disorderly crowd at the Suffragette parade in Washington, D.C., the day before Woodrow Wilson's first inauguration. Parading women were spit upon, slapped, tripped, pelted with cigar stubs, subjected to jeers and obscene language. March 3, 1913.

Prominent woman's suffrage advocates parade in an open car supporting the ratification of the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote in federal elections. Left to right: Mrs. W.L. Prendergast, Mrs. W.L. Colt, Doris Stevens, Alice Paul

Inez Milholland (1886-1916), selling Feminist papers to bystanders at Suffragette parade in New York City. Ca.1913-16. Julia Ormond played Millholland in the 2004 movie IRON JAWED ANGELS.

Inez Milholland (1886-1916), beautiful young women's rights advocate, labor lawyer, and socialist during a New York City suffrage parade. Ca. 1913-16. Julia Ormond played Millholland in the 2004 movie IRON JAWED ANGELS.

Humorous scene of life with 'the new woman.' Woman smoking and wearing knickers postures arrogantly as a man drudges over laundry. 1901.

The Suffrage Hike of 1912 from Manhattan to Albany was staged to bring attention to issue of women's suffrage. Its organizer, Rosalie Gardiner Jones, poses with others in NYC to promote the hike. Photo shows women suffrage hikers Jessie Stubbs, General Rosalie Jones, and Colonel Ida Craft.

National Woman's Party suffrage protestor, Jessie Benton MacKaye, burns a speech by President Wilson at Lafayette Statue in Washington, D.C. September 16, 1918.

Women's suffrage activists protest Woodrow Wilson's failure to support a constitutional amendment for votes for Women. 1918.

Lucy Burns (1879-1966), American women's rights advocate was a founder, with Alice Paul, of the National Woman's Party. Burns was an editor of THE SUFFRAGIST, and organizer of th March 3, 1913 Suffrage Parade in Washington, C.D. 1913.

Women's suffrage leaders in an open car at a Votes for Women parade in New York City. Photo shows Susan Walker Fitzgerald, Emma Bugbee, Maggie Murphy, and Harriot Stanton Blatch. Blatch was the daughter of 19th century women's rights leader Elizabeth Cady Stanton. July 30, 1913.

Nora Stanton Blatch (1883-1971), was the first U.S. woman to earn a degree in civil engineering and gain admission to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). She also followed her grandmother, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, as a leader in the campaign for women's rights.

Nora Stanton Blatch (1883-1971), was the daughter of Harriot Stanton Blatch and the granddaughter of leading Women's suffrage leader, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Suffragettes picketing the Senate Office Building in Washington in 1918. Left to right: Mildred Gilbert, Pauline Floyd, Vivian Pierce. They display a banner, 'How Long Must Women Wait for Liberty'

Suffragette Lucy Branham protesting Alice Paul's arrest and incarceration for picketing the WHite House. ca. Oct 1917

Bastille Day spells prison for sixteen suffragettes who picketed the White House. July 19, 1917

Belva Lockwood, lawyer, suffragist, Washington, D.C., c. 1880

Suffragettes at turn of the last century holding Votes for Women picket sign, U.S., 1910s.

Suffragettes marching, Washington DC., 1917.

Two suffragettes posting a billboard in New York City, c. 1917.

Group of women participating in a suffrage demonstration, c. 1905

Florence Jaffrey "Daisy" Harriman, President of Woman's National Wilson and Marshall Organization, attending Democratic Rally, Union Square, New York City, New York, USA, Bain News Service, August 20, 1912

Mrs. S Loebinger making Suffrage Speech, New York City, New York, USA, Bain News Service, October 1908

Actress and Suffragette Trixie Friganza descending steps, New York City, New York, USA, Bain News Service, October 1908

Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst (1857-1928), English Suffragette, being arrested outside Buckingham Palace, London 1914

New York Suffragettes marching in Parade, Washington, D.C., USA, Harris & Ewing, 1913

Suffragette Trixie Friganza making Suffrage Speech, New York City, New York, USA, Bain News Service, October 1908

Suffragette Mrs. Sophia Loebinger speaking before City Hall, New York City, New York, USA, Bain News Service, October 1908

Mrs. H. Riordan, Suffragette, New York City, New York, USA, Bain News Service, 1910

Suffragist posing in Police Uniform to illustrate Woman Police Concept, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Bain News Service, 1908

Two suffragettes showing banner to young girl ca. between 1910 and 1930.

Date: January 1914 - Mrs. Sidney Berg, Mrs. Calvin Thompkins .

Gen. Jones' 'FORWARD'--suffragettes ca. 1910-1915 (possibly the March to Albany).

J. Hungerford Milbank ca. February 13, 1914.

Date: 1910-1915 - Mrs. Pankhurst.

J. Hungerford Milbank ca. February 13, 1914.

Lucy Branham, American Suffragist, protesting Political Imprisonment of Alice Paul, Washington, D.C., USA, Harris & Ewing,

Lucy Branham, American Suffragist, standing in front of banner, "Suffrage Prisoners", National Woman's Party, March 1919

Susan B. Anthony Crusader for Women's Suffrage (1820-1906)

Woman Suffrage Movement - Woman Suffragettes picketers holding banner circa 1917.

Postcard of a Suffragette Holding Newspapers. Postcard of a Suffragette Holding Newspapers

Dame Millicent FAWCETT (nZe Garrett), 1847-1929, campaigner for women's rights and educational reformer, leader of the British Suffragette movement, photographed by W & D Downey, c.1880s, London

Suffragettes c. 1922

Suffragette demonstration in Hyde Park, London, England, drawing by F de Haenen from L'Illustration, No 3324, November 10, 1906.

Phoebe Hawn, Suffragette, one of Fourteen Women that Hiked from New York City to Washington DC as part of Suffrage Demonstration, Portrait, circa 1913

Alice Paul, American Suffragist, Feminist, and Women's Rights Activist, Portrait, circa 1915

Suffragettes Marching with Signs, Washington DC, USA, circa 1917

Rose SCOTT, 1847-1925, Australian suffragette and feminist activist, 1922

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