1913-1917: Suffrage Protests: Images

5: Mary Church Terrell, organizer of African American women at the 1913 march

Mary Church Terrell, in a photograph taken between 1880 and 1900 and published later. She organized African American women who lived in and near Washington, D.C. to join the march, although all African American participants were asked to march at the rear of the procession.

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Slide Show created by Jone Lewis, About Women's History Guide.
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