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Copyright 1928
WORKERS LIBRARY PUBLISHERS, INC
Foreword
THE COMMUNIST FIGHT FOR THE NEGRO CAUSE
The two major capitalist parties, the Republican and Democratic, and their…
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Margaret Richardson may have been the first North Carolinian to publicly demonstrate an interest in woman’s suffrage when she attended a National Suffrage Association convention…
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Campaign in Colorado [donkey with National Woman's Party sign advocating opposition to Democratic Party]
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1916…
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[Suffrage envoys from San Francisco greeted in New Jersey on their way to Washington to present a petition to Congress Suffrage envoys from San Francisco greeted…
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Women's rights activists picket the White House in 1917 with a sign asking, "Mr. President How Long Must Women Wait for Liberty." - Harris & Ewing
This photograph is from the…
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One of the early and persuasive supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution was Mary Pickford, motion picture star of the 1920s and '30s. Pictured here, she holds…
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It belonged to my Gr-great Aunt Het, (Esther Ogden 1867-1956), who was active in the leadership of the National American Woman Suffrage Association during the critical period…
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American women quickly learned these techniques from their English sisters. The token [at right] depicting a kneeling female slave surrounded by the words "Am I Not a Woman and a…
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Any political movement needs a symbol and a motto. The American abolitionists found theirs in the kneeling slave in chains, surrounded by the words "Am I Not a Man and a Brother."…
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Realizing that sometimes words were inadequate, abolitionists also spoke through pictures. Images used to further anti-slavery agendas idealized and mythologized slaves, thus…
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Spreading the Word
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Fierce words and vivid images were among the tools that radical “immediatist” abolitionists used to further their cause. Instead of gently…
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Abolitionist Strategies
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Abolitionists employed all manner of strategies to persuade the American public and its leadership to end slavery. One of their first…
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In 1828 British abolitionists created a companion figure to the already-famous "Am I not a Man" figure: a female kneeling with the caption "Am I not a Woman and a Sister?"…
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Elizabeth Margaret Chandler is believed to have owned these purses; possibly one or more belonged to another member of her family. Each features a dramatic picture of a slave on…
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“Jailed for Freedom” Pin, 1917
The National Woman’s Party gave silver pins, representing a cell door with a heart-shaped padlock, to members who had been “jailed for…
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Suffrage Sash, around 1910
For the suffragist who wore this yellow sash in the early 1900s, the color of the silk was as meaningful as the “Votes for Women” slogan printed on…
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Image, found in HeatherBlythe's uploads: Anti-Slave Catchers' Mass Convention · 29 Jan 2008 You