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1921-1923 Rebecca Latimer Felton - First Woman to serve as a U.S. Senator, Library of Congress - National Photo Company Collection
Library of Congress - National Photo Company Collection, 1921-1923 Rebecca Latimer Felton - First Woman to serve as a U.S. Senator, Library of Congress, Between 1909 and 1932
Rebecca Felton’s 1835-1930, was born in De Kalb County, Georgia. She is the first Woman to join the U.S. Senate, (67th 1921-23). Her brief and…
Tags: Georgia, Progressivism, Rebecca Felton, US Senator, Women, Women's Suffrage
1928-1929 Octaviano Larrazolo - First Hispanic American U.S. Senator, Unknown
Unknown, 1928-1929 Octaviano Larrazolo - First Hispanic American U.S. Senator, Library of Congress, 1919
Octaviano Larrazolo was the first Hispanic to serve in the United States Senate and was in office during the Seventieth Congress 12/07/ 1928 –…
Tags: Hispanic, New Mexico, Octaviano Larrazolo, Texas, US Senator, Welfare, Women's Suffrage
Margaret B. Laird - Elected to New Jersey Assembly- 1920, Records of the National Woman's Party
Records of the National Woman's Party, Margaret B. Laird - Elected to New Jersey Assembly- 1920, Library of Congress, Circa 1916-1920
Mrs. Margaret B. Laird was for four years treasurer N.J. Branch National Woman's Party. The origins of the National Woman's Party (NWP) date from…
Tags: Margaret B. Laird, New Jersey, Women, Women's Suffrage
YWCA Timeline 1858-2013, YMCA
YMCA, YWCA Timeline 1858-2013, Library of Congress, 1917
Established in 1858 as a voice for women's issues, The YWCA opened the first employment bureau for women several years later. That was only the…
Tags: Anti-Racism, Civil Rights, Timelines, VAWA, Women, Women's Suffrage, YWCA
Frances Willard, Women's Suffragist, Library of Congress
Library of Congress, Frances Willard, Women's Suffragist, Library of Congress, Unknown
Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard (1839 – 1898) was an American…
Tags: Consumer Protection, Education, Frances Willard, Unions, Women, Women's Rights, Women's Suffrage
Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, First Female Superintendent, The Library of Congress
The Library of Congress, Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, First Female Superintendent, The Library of Congress, 1910
I believe in it ..[equal suffrage for women]. I have not been an active suffragist because I have kept so busily to my own line, but I realize that,…
Tags: Chicago, Ella Flagg Young, Female Superintended, Illinois, National Education Association, Women, Women's Suffrage