Bain News Service, publisher. still image Glass negatives. gmgpc [1913 March] (date created or published later by Bain) eng Photo shows lawyer Inez Milholland Boissevain riding astride in the suffrage parade as the first of four mounted heralds. In her short life she shared with many of her fellow marchers a commitment to social reform. She joined organizations striving to improve the working conditions of children and the lives of African Americans. She was also a strong supporter of the shirtwaist and laundry workers. Three years after the parade, she collapsed and died at age thirty during a western suffrage lecture tour. (Source: "Marching for the Vote," by Sheridan Harvey, in American Women, 2001, https://guides.loc.gov/american-women-essays/marching-for-the-vote) Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Boissevain, Inez Milholland, 1886-1916. Suffragists. Women's suffrage. Horseback riding. Parades & processions. United States Washington (D.C.) Additional information about this photograph might be available through the Flickr Commons project at http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2615538645 Bain News Service photograph collection http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.11374 No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information