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Henry Mayer, The Awakening

Illustration shows a torch-bearing female labeled "Votes for Women", symbolizing the awakening of the nation's women to the desire for suffrage,…

Election Day!

Print showing a woman leaving the house to vote on election day while her distraught husband is left behind to tend to the children and house by…

Men looking at material posted in the window of the National Anti-Suffrage Association headquarters

Photograph shows men looking at material posted in the window of the National Anti-Suffrage Association headquarters; sign in window reads…

Postcard: Origin and development of a suffragette

This color illustration charts the development of a woman from age 15 to age 50, when she becomes a suffragette.

Women are too sentimental for jury duty

Illustration shows a jury of men crying as they present a "Not Guilty" verdict; standing before the jury, a man, also crying, embraces a woman.

A squelcher for women's suffrage

Print shows a woman being denied the opportunity to vote because she is wearing a dress and a hat that are too wide for the narrow booths labeled…

Nobody loves me; guess I'll be a suffragette

Color illustration of a young girl wearing a dress, who is crying and pulling on a pair of pants.

Anna Holman standing outdoors with a group of French school girls. Holman is fourth from the left in the back row.

Inscription: Caption: MAY 1920. LAST MINUTES. THE GIRLS AND MEES AT 11. O/CLOCK RECESS., Not in RLIN. History note from HOLLIS (for MC291): Science…

Anna Holman standing outdoors with French boys and a dog, Duc, during Mardi Gras celebrations.

Inscription: Recto: BUZY 1920; Verso: March 8, 1920. Dear Mary. -Home Sunday morning. How are you? Had a wonderful time at Amiens, am very very glad I…

Club members and a young girl looking through microscopes in a science laboratory on board the Doc Edgerton.

Inscription: Caption: Tuesday Club's 110th Anniversary Celebration aboard of "Doc Edgerton" of the Boston Aquarium, courtesy of Ann W. Brewer, May…