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Clara Bewick Colby

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Description: Studio portrait of Clara Bewick Colby.
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Clara Bewick Colby

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Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Clara Bewick Colby.
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Clara Bewick Colby

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Description: Studio portrait of young Clara Bewick Colby wearing a cross necklace.
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Studio portrait of Carrie Lane Chapman Catt

Date: 1896
Description: Waist-up portrait of Carrie Chapman Catt, one of the best known leaders of the women's suffrage movement who had strong ties to the North Country and who o...
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Carrie Lane Chapman Catt

Date: 1906
Description: Standing, three-quarter length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Carrie Lane Chapman Catt.
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Kate Newell Doggett, Reformer

Date: 1867
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Kate N. Doggett (1828-1884), American reformer. Took charge of the Academy of Science herbarium in 1869. She was a de...
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Mathilde Franziska Anneke

Date: 1884
Description: Portrait of Mathilde Franziska Anneke seated, surrounded by flowers and plants.
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Jane Addams

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Jane Addams, a social worker, political activist, and author. She was a co-founder of Chicago's Hull House, as well as the American Ci...
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Women's Suffrage Headquarters

Date: 06 1918
Description: Group of women including Ada James (in checked dress at center) at the suffrage headquarters. A map of Wisconsin is hanging on the wall at right and anothe...
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Milwaukee Women's Suffrage Office

Date: 06 1912
Description: Two women seated at desks with typewriters in an office. A calendar on the wall indicates it is June 1912. Another poster advertises speakers in support of...
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Jessie Jack Hooper

Date: 1890
Description: Cabinet card of an informal full-length portrait. (Mrs. Ben) Jessie Jack Hooper relaxes in a chair. The portrait may have been taken at the Sawyer House in...
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Mathilde Franziska Anneke

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Description: Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype. Waist-up portrait of Mathilde Franziska Anneke, seated with her hands on her lap. Hand coloring on cheeks. Mrs. Anneke was c...
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Jessie Jack Hooper

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Jessie Jack Hooper.
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Group of Women Reading

Date: 1910
Description: A group of women reading in a large room. One woman stands in front of a glass-fronted bookcase against the back wall. The woman wear brightly colored and ...
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James Sisters

Date: 1895
Description: Formal oval-framed group portrait of Vida James, Ada James and Beulah James. Ada James (center back) later became active in the Wisconsin Women's Suffrage ...
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Ada James at her Desk

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Description: Suffragist Ada James sitting at her desk.
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Reverend Olympia Brown Willis

Date: 1907
Description: Portrait of the Reverend Olympia Brown Willis, of Racine. She was the first president of the Wisconsin Woman Suffrage Association.
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Ada L. James

Date: 1911
Description: Portrait of Ada L. James, who was the first president of the Political Equality League, and a lifelong crusader for social justice causes.
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Carrie Chapman Catt

Date: 1911
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Carrie Chapman Catt, a leader in the International Woman Suffrage Alliance.
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"Votes For Women" Badges

Date: 1913
Description: Several buttons are arranged in a circle, all with slogans, photographs, or symbols related to women's suffrage. Caption reads: Badge collection of Alice P...

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