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"Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, 1916." One of the banners used in a memorial service for Inez Milholland, the lawyer who became a martyr to the suffrage movement following her death from anemia while campaigning for the 19th Amendment. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
I've lived around D.C. for 4 years and still haven't seen a protest banner quite that catchy.
[The lines are from Henry Alford's lyrics to the hymn "Forward! Be Our Watchword." - Dave]
I never realized Olive Oyl was a suffragette.
I love her Princess Leia buns.
I see she is armed with her hat pin--ready to go.
This is the same banner that Inez carried in a Suffragette march in 1911.
You can read the article here.
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