[Inez Milholland Boissevain, wearing white cape, seated on white horse at the National American Woman Suffrage Association parade, March 3, 1913, Washington, D.C.] [graphic].
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Photographic prints 1910-1920. gmgpc
[19]13 March 3.
Photo shows lawyer Inez Milholland Boissevain riding astride in the March 3, 1913, suffrage parade in Washington, D.C., as the first of four mounted heralds.
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In her short life Milholland 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,
Caption from the negative LC-B2-2502-5: Suffrage parade 3/3/13.
George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study of women's history and culture in the United States / edited by Sheridan Harvey ... [et al.]. Washington : Library of Congress, 2001, p. 33.
Exhibited: Joan of Arc, Knights of Columbus Museum, New Haven, CT, May - August, 2007.
Boissevain, Inez Milholland, 1886-1916.
Suffragists--1910-1920.
Women--Political activity--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1920.
Women's suffrage--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1920.
Horseback riding--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1920.
Horses--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1920.
Parades & processions--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1920.
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