Clipping : "4 Suffragettes Start in Rain / 'Albany, if it takes all winter,' is slogan as quartet resumes journey." [December 19, 1912]

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Clipping : "4 Suffragettes Start in Rain / 'Albany, if it takes all winter,' is slogan as quartet resumes journey." [December 19, 1912]

Description

Three brief articles:

The first is an update on the progress of "General" Rosalie Jones and her "army" of suffrage hikers from Manhattan to Albany, New York to present suffrage petitions to Governor-Elect William Sulzer and draw publicity to the cause. This article was written when the group arrived in Peekskill, New York.

The second is a brief article about Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

The third is a brief article on Norah Lackey, a suffragist in England, sent to jail for false fire alarms.

Newspaper not identified. Year written on the clipping.

Date

[1912-12-19]

Subject

Jones, Rosalie,--1883-
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Parades & processions--New York--1910-1920
Publicity
Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919
Sulzer, William, 1863-1941
United States--New York--Irvington
Women--Political activity--New York---1910-1920
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Women--Suffrage--New York

Language

English

Coverage

Peekskill, New York

Original Format

clippings (information artifacts)

Physical Dimensions

28.5 cm. 1 col.

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