Washingtoniana Gallery: Women's Suffrage Movement

in Washington, D.C., 1913-1917

Please contact the Washingtoniana Division of the DC Public Library to obtain permission to reproduce or publish. Please visit our other online image galleries.

Women's Suffrage Movement in Washington, D.C., 1913-1917 (Select an image below for a larger view)

A Viewing stand, flag-draped buildings and large crowd on Pennsylvania Ave. at 15th St. await suffragettes during parade, March 3, 1913, Historical Image Collection - SELECT to zoomBanner asks Vote for Both Men and Women in the District at suffrage parade. 1913-Historical Image Collection - SELECT to zoom
Head of Suffrage parade, March 3, 1913, Historical Image Collection - SELECT to zoomSuffrage hikers from nearby states come to Washington for 1913 Suffrage parade, Historical Image Collection Parade - SELECT to zoom
1913 Suffrage Parade, Historical Image Collection - SELECT to zoomSuffrage Picketers, 1917, Historical Image Collection - SELECT to zoom
Suffrage pioneers from left to right seated, Anna Howard Shaw, Susan B. Anthony, & Carrie Chapman Catt, Historical Image Collection - SELECT to zoomSuffragette, Mrs Lawrence Lewis, is helped from ambulance after release from jail, 1917 , Historical Image Collection - SELECT to zoom
Suffragettes march to Lafayette Sq. to protest Pres. Wilson's apathy for a woman's right to vote but defends such rights overseas,1917. Historical Image Collection - SELECT to zoomSuffragettes marching in Parade, March 3, 1913, Historical Image Collection - SELECT to zoom
Suffragettes picketed the White House daily in 1917 to pressure President Wilson for a woman's suffrage amendment, Historical Image Collection - SELECT to zoomView near 15th Street of packed crowds watching suffrage parade moving down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol, March 3 1913, Historical Image Collection - SELECT to zoom
Alice Paul, founder and key leader of the National Women Party, at NWP's headquarters in 1966, Star Collection, © Washington Post - SELECT to zoomNational Womens Party headquarters, Sewall Belmont House, 144 G Street NE, Historical Image Collection - SELECT to zoom