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Human Flag

[Image: Suffrage women making a human flag.]

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, American, Appealing, APPEARANCE, CLASS, Crowd, FASHION, Fashionable, Flag, Man, Middle class, Parade, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PUBLIC, Umbrella, US flag, Woman, Working class

[Image: Several different scenes of the 1913 suffrage parade and pageant were available on postcards, a popular souvenir. The parade’s floats and marching sections represented women’s organizations and the progress of women’s rights.

On the day…

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, American, ANIMAL, CLASS, Crowd, Hat, Horse, Horseriding, Man, Middle class, NON-HUMAN, Parade, PLACE, PRO-SUFFRAGE, Washington D.C., Woman, Working class

1913 Women's Suffrage Parade

[Image: Several different scenes of the 1913 suffrage parade and pageant in Washington, DC were available on postcards, a popular souvenir. This card shows the crowd of spectators at the March 3, 1913 suffrage parade.

On the day before the 1913…

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, American, ANIMAL, CLASS, Crowd, FASHION, Hat, Horse, Horseriding, Man, Middle class, National Woman's Party, NON-HUMAN, Parade, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PUBLIC, Washington D.C., Woman, Working class

Women Representing Foreign Countries Suffragette's Parade

Image of women in various ethnic dress marching in a parade while crowds of people watch. Striped awnings in background and lamp post in foreground.

On verso: Foreign nations contingent at Suffrage Parade, Mar. 3, 1913.

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, American, Crowd, FASHION, Hat, INTERNATIONAL, Lamp post, NATIONALITY, Parade, Photograph, PLACE, PRO-SUFFRAGE, Procession, PUBLIC, Tent, Washington D.C., Woman

Part of the law contingent

[Image: Photographic postcard of the suffrage parade held in Washington, D.C. the day before President Woodrow Wilson's inauguration.

Reproduces a photograph of a group of women, dressed in black robes and caps, carrying "Law" flags.

This is…

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, American, Crowd, Education, Law, Lawyer, National American Woman Suffrage Association, NAWSA, Parade, PLACE, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PROFESSION, professional woman, PUBLIC, Washington D.C., Woman

VOTES FOR WOMEN!

VOTES FOR WOMEN!

Votes "SHELL"
Motor
Spirit
Unequalled.

[Image: Reprint of an advertising postcard for Shell Motor Spirit. This card contains an illustration of a woman standing on a stage in front of a crowd of women with hands raised,…

Tags: American, Appealing, APPEARANCE, Car, CLASS, Crowd, FASHION, Fashionable, Fuel, Middle class, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PUBLIC, Shell, Suffrage advertisement, SUFFRAGE ADVERTISING, Suffrage Meeting, TECHNOLOGY, Votes for Women, Woman