Suffragists Picketing the White House 1917

Suffragists Picketing the White House 1917

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From the original caption: "Suffragists picket the White House. Photo shows crowds outside the White House, Washington, District of Columbia, on July 14, 1917, just before the sixteen woman suffrage pickets were arrested." (This is a cropped version of the original photograph.)

Suffragists picketing the White House in 1917 - sometimes called Suffragettes, they worked for women's rights and the vote for women
Image courtesy of U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Photograph created by the U.S. War Department. Photographer: Harris and Ewing. Modifications © Jone Lewis 2001.

Topics: woman suffrage, White House, picketing, protests, Washington, DC, suffragettes