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Defiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo

With banners raised high and unwavering spirit, they demanded their right to vote and reshaped history forever

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The Women's Suffragettes photo collection highlights significant moments from the early 20th-century fight for women's voting rights. These images show women of various ages marching in protests, holding banners with strong messages like "Votes for Women," and being steadfast in the face of adversity. White is frequently worn by these women to represent purity. While some photos show well-known figures from the movement, like Emmeline Pankhurst,m others show women organising demonstrations, distributing leaflets, and even getting detained for civil disobedience.

 

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Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragette Flag at Half Mast Over the Headquarters of the Womens Social and Political Union

Suffragette Flag at Half Mast Over the Headquarters of the Womens Social and Political Union
June 1913: The Suffragette flag at half mast over the headquarters of the Womens Social and Political Union (WSPU) at Lincolns Inn House, Kingsway, London, after the death of Emily Davison

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Types of Women's Fashion in Regard to Suffragettes

Types of Women's Fashion in Regard to Suffragettes
(Original Caption) The Type Of Suffragette Has Changed. From the Tribune New York

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragette Parade through New York City, 3rd May 1913

Suffragette Parade through New York City, 3rd May 1913
3rd May 1913: Crowds line the sidewalks to watch a Womens Suffragette Movement march through New York City. (Photo by Paul Thompson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragette In Prison

Suffragette In Prison
13th May 1909: A reconstruction of a cell holding a female political prisoner at the Suffragettes Exhibition at Princes skating rink. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragette Women Voters in Oskaloosa, Kansas, Early American Engraving, 1887

Suffragette Women Voters in Oskaloosa, Kansas, Early American Engraving, 1887
Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Victorian Illustration of Early American Suffragette Women Voters in Oskaloosa, Kansas, 1887. Source: Original edition from my own archives

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragettes Marching with Signs

Suffragettes Marching with Signs
(Original Caption) New York: New York Society Woman Suffragettes as sandwich men advertise a mass meeting to be addressed by the Governor of the Suffrage states. Photograph

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragettes Posing Inside Automobile

Suffragettes Posing Inside Automobile
(Original Caption) England: Mrs. Pankhurst has just left London accompanied by Miss Christopher St. John and Miss Craig, daughter of Ellen Terry

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragettes Being Led by Their Chief Marshall

Suffragettes Being Led by Their Chief Marshall
(Original Caption) New York, New York: Feminist Protest Against War. Women of New York and adjacent cities march down Fifth Avenue to the rhythm of muffled drums in an international protest against

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Susan B. Anthony

Susan B. Anthony
(Original Caption) Oval-framed photo shows Susan B. Anthony, famous suffragette and reformer. Founder of American Woman Suffarage movement - 1869. Head and shoulders portrait. Circa 1875

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: British Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst

British Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst
Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) pauses in her reading for a portrait. Pankhurst wrote the first bill for Women's suffrage in Great Britain in the late 1860s

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt in a Parade

Suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt in a Parade
(Original Caption) New York, NY: Carrie chapman Catt (1849-1947), Suffragette taking part in New York parade. Undated Photo

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragette Dressed in Man's Hat on Bicycle

Suffragette Dressed in Man's Hat on Bicycle
(Original Caption) USA: The New Woman: Bloomer garbed, derby hatted, on bicycle

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Christabel Pankhurst Sitting at Her Desk

Christabel Pankhurst Sitting at Her Desk
Christabel Pankhurst (born 1880), suffragette leader, is shown in her London office

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragette with Large Sign and Selling Pamphlets

Suffragette with Large Sign and Selling Pamphlets
(Original Caption) English Suffragist selling pamphlets - placard in front

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragette Inez Milholland in Suffrage Parade

Suffragette Inez Milholland in Suffrage Parade
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragette Inez Milholland in Suffrage Parade

Suffragette Inez Milholland in Suffrage Parade

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragette Mrs. Nora Blatch De Forest

Suffragette Mrs. Nora Blatch De Forest

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Print of Lucretia Mott Being Protected from Angry Male Mob

Print of Lucretia Mott Being Protected from Angry Male Mob
Lucretia Mott was one of four women in upstate New York who organized the first Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, N.Y., in 1848. In this old print, Mrs

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Evangelist and Reformer Sojourner Truth

Evangelist and Reformer Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth poses for a portrait while knitting at a small table. Sojourner Truth, whose legal name was Isabella Van Wagener, was born into slavery but later freed

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragette Speaking to Crowd of Men

Suffragette Speaking to Crowd of Men
A suffragette speaks to a crowd of men on the streets of an American city in the early years of the 20th Century

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Christabel Pankhurst Standing at Newsstand

Christabel Pankhurst Standing at Newsstand
(Original Caption) Christobal Pankhurst, daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst, (both famed suffragette leaders), is shown here on a London street

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragettes Before Hike to Washington, D.C

Suffragettes Before Hike to Washington, D.C

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: London Police Officers Arresting Suffragist

London Police Officers Arresting Suffragist
(Original Caption) Arrest of a London suffragette by two police bobbies. Photograph ca. 1905. BPA2# 5477

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Poster of Prison Workers Force Feeding a Suffragette Inmate

Poster of Prison Workers Force Feeding a Suffragette Inmate
(Original Caption) USA: Suffragette poster showing abuse of suffragettes. The poster shows artificial feeding of suffragettes in prison, ca. 1905

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Three Suffragettes Demonstrating

Three Suffragettes Demonstrating
Group of three women suffragettes in the early 20th Century

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragettes in Sandwich Boards

Suffragettes in Sandwich Boards
Women advertising a conference to be attended by governors of suffrage states

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragettes Posing with Banners for Mass Meeting at Carnegie Hall

Suffragettes Posing with Banners for Mass Meeting at Carnegie Hall

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragette Protest in Greenwich Village

Suffragette Protest in Greenwich Village
Suffragettes displaying banners at Washington Mews in Greenwich Village, New York City, ca. 1912

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragette Headquarters in Cleveland

Suffragette Headquarters in Cleveland
1912-Cleveland, OH: Photo of the Headquarters of women voters on upper Euclid Avenue in Cleveland. Holding the flag for suffagists is Miss Belle Sherwin, president of the organization

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragette March Through Washington Square

Suffragette March Through Washington Square, circa 1912

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragists Marching in Parade

Suffragists Marching in Parade
(Original Caption) Country wide suffragette meeting in New York. Dr. Anna Shaw (in Dean's garb) is leading delegates from other states in Fifth Avenue parade

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Policeman Arresting Suffragette

Policeman Arresting Suffragette
Stern but polite policeman about to arrest an English suffragette

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragettes During March for the Vote

Suffragettes During March for the Vote
AMERICAN SUFFRAGETTE PARADE IN NEW YORK, 1912.PHOTO

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragist Parade in New York

Suffragist Parade in New York
(Original Caption) American Suffragette parade in New York City, May 1912. Color Photograph. BPA 2 #6052

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragette Parade in Washington, D.C

Suffragette Parade in Washington, D.C

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragette Parade in Washington

Suffragette Parade in Washington

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragists Standing at U.S. Capitol

Suffragists Standing at U.S. Capitol
(Original Caption) 1913-Washington, DC: Suffragettes at the capitol. Photograph, 1913

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragettes Riding atop Vehicle

Suffragettes Riding atop Vehicle
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragette Parade near Capitol

Suffragette Parade near Capitol
Washington, DC.: Women Activists, the Suffragettes shown parading down street with musical accompaniment

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragette Rosalie Jones Hiking

Suffragette Rosalie Jones Hiking
Rosalie Jones on Suffragist Hike to Washington from New York City

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragettes Mrs. Nora Blatch de Forest and Miss Carson

Suffragettes Mrs. Nora Blatch de Forest and Miss Carson
10/10/1913-New York, NY-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: (L) Mrs. Nora Blatch De Forest and (R) Miss Carson at City Hall Park

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffrage Women with Banner

Suffrage Women with Banner
(Original Caption) June 30, 1914, President Wilson refused to receive a population of 100 Suffragettes. Night of July 1, 1914. Left to right July 1, 1914, are: Mrs. Ellis Logan, Mrs. Harvey M

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragettes and Supporters Together

Suffragettes and Supporters Together
Suffragettes and supporters marching

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Emmeline Pankhurst Carried by Officer

Emmeline Pankhurst Carried by Officer
Emmeline Pankhurst is led away by a policeman after leading a group of suffragettes in an attempt to present a petition to the King at Buckingham Palace

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffrage Women in Capitol

Suffrage Women in Capitol
(Original Caption) June 30, 1914, President Wilson refused to receive a population of 100 Suffragettes

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Feminists Visiting Capitol

Feminists Visiting Capitol
(Original Caption) Delegation of Suffragettes on steps of Carnegie library before calling at White House

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragette Aboard Ship

Suffragette Aboard Ship
(Original Caption) Mrs. Stanley McCormick sailing

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragette Posing on Ship Deck

Suffragette Posing on Ship Deck
(Original Caption) Mrs. Stanley McCormick sailing on the SS Aquatania

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragette with Entourage

Suffragette with Entourage
(Original Caption) Mrs. Elsie French Vanderbilt with Harem veil at Baileys Beach, Rhode Island

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragette Speaking to Supporters

Suffragette Speaking to Supporters
Alberta Hill addressing Suffrage meeting at Broad and Wall Streets

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragette and Royalty Posing Together

Suffragette and Royalty Posing Together
Duchess of Marlborough and Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Portrait of Suffragette Elsie French Vanderbilt

Portrait of Suffragette Elsie French Vanderbilt
(Original Caption) The Gillespie Lawn Fete at Newport, Rhode Island, July 18, 1914...Mrs. Elsie French Vanderbilt

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragettes Organizing a War Demonstration

Suffragettes Organizing a War Demonstration
(Original Caption) Suffragettes at Women's Political Union organizing an antiwar demonstration. From left to right; Mrs. Harriot Stanton Blatch and MissL.D. Deaver

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragettes Posing for Camera

Suffragettes Posing for Camera
(Original Caption) Suffragettes at the convention. Mrs. Raymond Brown, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, and Mary Garrett Hay

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Women Pausing for Camera

Women Pausing for Camera
New York, New York: Women Protesters Of The European War. Suffragette, Mrs. Elmer Black is shown in center

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Women Carrying Protest Props

Women Carrying Protest Props
New York, New York: Women Protesters Of The European War. Suffragette, Miss Alice Carpenter is shown with banner

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Portia Willis Leading Protesters

Portia Willis Leading Protesters
New York, New York: Peace Parade of Suffragettes. Miss Portia Willis

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragette Rosalie Jones

Suffragette Rosalie Jones
(Original Caption) Suffragettes start on an auto trip to Rochester, New York to attend the general conference of New York State Suffragettes

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Portrait of Suffragette Christabel Pankhurst

Portrait of Suffragette Christabel Pankhurst
(Original Caption) Miss Chrystabel Pankhurst photographed at the Women's Equality League, October 14th

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Gladys Bauer Whitehouse with Cannon

Gladys Bauer Whitehouse with Cannon
(Original Caption) Mrs. Norman D. Whitehouse, in her new suffragette shop

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Women Suffragists Carrrying Flags

Women Suffragists Carrrying Flags
(Original Caption) Society women suffragettes carrying flags. L-r Miss Gifford Pinchot, Miss J. Gordon Douglas, Miss Cornelius Tangerman, Miss McCook Knox

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Emmeline Pankurst With Long Coat

Emmeline Pankurst With Long Coat
(Original Caption) Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the British suffragette, in full length pose wearing a hat and coat. Undated photograph

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Emmeline Pankhurst Seated & Smiling

Emmeline Pankhurst Seated & Smiling
(Original Caption) Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the suffragette, seen here seated and smiling in a wicker chair. Undated photograph, circa 1915

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Alberta Hill

Alberta Hill
(Original Caption) January 7, 1915. Miss Alberta Hill, suffragette

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: British Suffragette Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst

British Suffragette Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst
(Original Caption) 2/1915-Paris, France- Mrs. E. Pankhurst(left), the British Militant Suffragette, is shown in Paris talking to one of the women street car conductors. Since the war, Mrs

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragettes with Signs

Suffragettes with Signs
(Original Caption) New York, New York: Suffragettes parade in costume to advertise rally on Fifth Avenue

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragettes Holding Signs

Suffragettes Holding Signs
(Original Caption) Suffragettes In Costume To Advertise Rally: L to R: Eleanor Beach; Sylvia Beach; Mrs. Howard Hawkins; Doris Stevens; Elizabeth Frauman; Agnes Morganthau; Christina Meriman; Mrs

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragettes Posing Together

Suffragettes Posing Together
(Original Caption) Troy, New York: On the occasion of the casting of the suffrage Liberty Bell, a replica of the Liberty Bell of '76: L to R: Mrs. Peree Brinton, Mrs

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragette at Baseball Game Protest

Suffragette at Baseball Game Protest
(Original Caption) Polo Grounds, New York: Miss Virginia Torburn

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragette Gesturing During Speech

Suffragette Gesturing During Speech
(Original Caption) New York City: Mrs. James Laidlaw delivering speech on cause

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragette Pointing to Sign on Her Neck

Suffragette Pointing to Sign on Her Neck
(Original Caption) New York, Polo Grounds: Miss Bessie Brainard

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Virginia Watrons

Virginia Watrons
(Original Caption) Miss Virginia Watrons, suffragette

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragists Confronting O'Gorman

Suffragists Confronting O'Gorman
(Original Caption) Suffragettes with O'Gorman banner. Photo was made at the beginning of the suffrage "quizzing" campaign, when 500 suffs stormed the Wall St

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragettes Traveling by Car

Suffragettes Traveling by Car
(Original Caption) New York City: Mrs. W. L. Colt at wheel and Miss Alice Paul, at extreme left

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffrage Auto Parade, 1915

Suffrage Auto Parade, 1915
(Original Caption) 11/1/1915- Suffragette demonstration. On November 1st, the last day before the election, the suffragettes of the Empire State, and particularly in New York City

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragettes on Capitol Steps

Suffragettes on Capitol Steps
(Original Caption) Three hundred delegates of the Congressional Union for Women's Suffrage going up the steps of the nation's Capitol

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Rose Sanderson Leading Suffrage Parade

Rose Sanderson Leading Suffrage Parade
(Original Caption) Woman bugler in suffragette. Rose Sanderson, head of Washington volunteers

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragettes with Horses

Suffragettes with Horses
(Original Caption) Society horse women crusade for Women's suffrage, 1916. Photograph

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragettes Traveling on Ship

Suffragettes Traveling on Ship
(Original Caption) Suffragettes aboard the Oscar II, left to right: Mrs. Ellis Erickson; Miss J.G. Wales; Mrs. Inez Milholland, also known as Mrs. Eugene Boissevain; and Madame Anna Malmburg

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragettes Mrs. Jay Hopkins and Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles

Suffragettes Mrs. Jay Hopkins and Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles
(Original Caption) Mrs. Jay Hopkins, of Morris town, New Jersey and Mrs. Florence Rayard Hilles, of Wilmington, Delaware

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragette Picketing at the White House

Suffragette Picketing at the White House
1917-Washington, DC-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Mrs. William L. Colt, of New York City who has just arrived at Washington where she is picketing the White House

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Women Suffragettes Picketing

Women Suffragettes Picketing

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Suffragette Frances E. Fitch with Recruitment Posters

Suffragette Frances E. Fitch with Recruitment Posters
(Original Caption) Suffragettes Aid Recruiters To Enlist Men for the Navy. Photo shows: Miss Frances E. Fitch one of the pretty suffragettes who aided in enlisting men for the Navy by placing Navy

Background imageDefiant and determined, Women Suffragettes march toward equality, challenging the status quo: Group of Suffragettes

Group of Suffragettes
(Original Caption) Suffragettes Aid Recruiters To Enlist Men for the Navy. Photo shows: group of suffragettes that toured New York City placing Navy posters in store windows



The images capture the tenacity, fortitude, and solidarity of these women who defied social expectations in order to achieve political equality.

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