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Suffragists Wearing Bloomers
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Ada James (kneeling, far right), of Richland Center, Wisconsin, with friends Mrs. Lucille Tappan Moreland of Kansas City, Missouri; Mrs. G.B. Longan, author of "Parliamentary Rules Made Easy"; Mrs. George A. Smith of Seattle, Washington; Alice M. Boutell of Detroit, Michigan; Mrs. Alice A. Heall of St. Paul, Minnesota; Mrs. Chas. J. Campbell of Toronto, Ontario; Mrs. Maud D. Stockwell, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Marion K. Ferrin, New York; and Fanny E. Marsh, Chicago, Illinois. They are dressed as "Bloomer Girls" and hold a sign proclaiming "Votes for Women."
1903
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