Parades & processions--New York--1910-1920
Publicity]]>

"The woman suffragists have taken a leaf out of the book of the United States Army and have set up recruiting stations in New York parks for the coming suffrage parade. The Station shown in the picture is situated in City Hall Park."

The clipping is reference to the suffrage parade held in New York City on May 6, 1912.

The newspaper is not identified and the date is written on the clipping.]]>
Baker, Mary Elizabeth, 1836-1913
Evans, Gladys, 1877-1967
Imprisonment
Leigh, Mary, 1885-1978
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Women prisoners--Great Britain--Political activity]]>

Leigh was convicted for throwing a hatchet at a carriage carrying Prime Minister, H.H. Asquith and instead, hit and injured John Redmond, a member of Parliament and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party. Evans was convicted for setting fire to the Theatre Royal.]]>
Dortenheim, Mrs. Max
Hill, Elsie M. (Elsie Mary), 1883-1970
Maverick, Lucy Madison, 1883-1967
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
National Woman's Party
Paul, Alice, 1885-1977
Stevens, Doris, 1892-1963
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Women--Suffrage--New York]]>
Demonstrations--Great Britain--1910-1920
Hotel Astor (New York, N.Y.)
Redmond, John Edward, 1856-1918
Women--Clothing & dress--1910-1920
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Women--Suffrage-New York]]>

The first is an article about a suffrage gathering at the Hotel Astor in New York City, where Carrie Chapman Catt mentioned Chinese women as leaders in clothing and dress.

The second is an article about English suffragettes who disrupted and were thrown out of a speech by John Redmond, a member of Parliament and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party, at a home rule demonstration in Dalston.]]>
Women's suffrage--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920
Suffragists--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920]]>
Parades & processions--Massachusetts--1910-1920
Women--Suffrage--Massachusetts]]>

Massachusetts voters rejected the referendum, along with New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. On June 25, 1919, Massachusetts became the eighth state to ratify the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote.

The first National Women's Rights Convention was held in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 23, 1850.]]>
Hyde Park, London
Pankhurst, Christabel, Dame, 1880-1958
Pankhurst, Emmeline, 1858-1928
Pethick-Lawrence, Emmeline, 1867-
Tuke, Mabel, 1871-1962
Women--Suffrage--England
Women's Social and Political Union (England)]]>

The organization estimated a crowd of more than 250,000 people, with twenty platforms, eighty speakers, seven processions, and thirty special trains to bring participants to the demonstration.]]>
Caricature
Demonstrations
England--London]]>

On the verso, the card is addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Owens 8 Tower Bridge Buildings Mill Street Dockhead London, England, and postmarked July 25 1913. The handwritten message reads: "Dear B and G / We shall be pleased to see you on Sunday to dinner if you have not made other arrangements proposing you are all well as this leaves us at present. With love from Mother"]]>
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Nurses
Parades & processions
United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924]]>

Reproduces a photograph of the "Great Demand" banner.]]>
University of Bristol
Women's Social and Political Union (Great Britain)]]>

In 1912, the WSPU began a massive campaign of destruction around London, smashing windows, vandalizing works of art, cutting telephone wires, and more.

On October 23, 1913, the Bristol University sports pavilion was burned down and suffragette literature was found nearby, with a note demanding the release from prison of a suffragette who had been arrested in London. Bristol student took revenge by trashing the WSPU shop, and setting fire to a pile of books, newspapers, and leaflets on the street outside. ]]>