Harris & Ewing. National Woman's Party members walking with banners during the dedication ceremonies for the Alva E. Belmont House. United States Washington D.C, 1922. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016832595/
This photograph was taken 2 years after the 19th amendment became part of the US constitution and women gained the right to vote. They continued to carry their tri-colored banners as the fight for equal rights went on.
“the colors adopted by the Union are purple, white, and gold, selected for the significance they bear in the work the Union has undertaken. Purple is the color of loyalty, constancy to purpose, unswerving steadfastness to a cause. White, the emblem of purity, symbolizes the quality of our purpose; and gold, the color of light and life, is as the torch that guides our purpose, pure and unswerving. Our cluster of ribbons has meaning and significance. It is the standard for justice to the race, for democracy that is real and whole, not hesitant and partial.”
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No matter what the individual colors may have signified, together the tricolors banners became universally known and recognized as a symbol of women’s equality.
In 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified, granting women the right to vote. With this hard-won, long-awaited victory, the NWP focused on the next step: complete equality of the sexes under law. The group’s headquarters at the Alva Belmont house provided the backdrop for many of the defining moments in this struggle. Alice Paul authored the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in 1923, which reads simply, “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States on account of sex.” In 1972, Congress passed the ERA, but the amendment remains three states short of ratification today. For over 50 years, the ERA has been introduced in every session of Congress.
If we were to look behind from where this photo was taken we would see the house that Alva Belmont donated for the National Woman’s Party to use as their fourth headquarters. Earlier that day Alva held a speech before the women went parading on toward the Capitol. Alva was one of the founders of the National Woman's Party and organized the first picketing ever to take place before the White House. In the year following ratification of the 19th Amendment, Belmont became president of the NWP, a position she held until her death.
This house was NWP’s headquarter for 7 years until it was seized to construct the Supreme Court building. After this, Belmont purchased another large brick historic home located close to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., and donated it for use as NWP headquarters. In 2016, President Barack Obama designated Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument a National Monument and it is open to the public today: https://www.nps.gov/bepa/index.htm
Below photos are all found in the NWP collection at Library of Congress. They have done an incredible work detailing the progress NWP made, and the women and men involved in ratifying the 19th amendment.
“Justice” Miss Florence Hanlin as Justice in the Dance Drama presented at Seneca Falls, on July 20th in connection with the National Woman's Party's seventy-fifth anniversary celebration of Equal Rights.
mygrapefruit on June 20th, 2018 at 12:34 UTC »
Harris & Ewing. National Woman's Party members walking with banners during the dedication ceremonies for the Alva E. Belmont House. United States Washington D.C, 1922. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016832595/
This photograph was taken 2 years after the 19th amendment became part of the US constitution and women gained the right to vote. They continued to carry their tri-colored banners as the fight for equal rights went on.
Quoting NWP’s page on their colors:
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Quoting US National Park Service on the Suffrage movement after the 19th amendment succeeded:
If we were to look behind from where this photo was taken we would see the house that Alva Belmont donated for the National Woman’s Party to use as their fourth headquarters. Earlier that day Alva held a speech before the women went parading on toward the Capitol. Alva was one of the founders of the National Woman's Party and organized the first picketing ever to take place before the White House. In the year following ratification of the 19th Amendment, Belmont became president of the NWP, a position she held until her death.
This house was NWP’s headquarter for 7 years until it was seized to construct the Supreme Court building. After this, Belmont purchased another large brick historic home located close to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., and donated it for use as NWP headquarters. In 2016, President Barack Obama designated Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument a National Monument and it is open to the public today: https://www.nps.gov/bepa/index.htm
Below photos are all found in the NWP collection at Library of Congress. They have done an incredible work detailing the progress NWP made, and the women and men involved in ratifying the 19th amendment.
I highly recommend everyone to read through and look at the photographs: https://www.loc.gov/collections/women-of-protest/articles-and-essays/
The tactics NWP used were brilliant and drew inspiration from other Suffrage and civil movements around the world: https://www.loc.gov/collections/static/women-of-protest/images/tactics.pdf
And below are some choice photos I found inspiring!
1913: Women assemble in first national suffrage parade, Washington, D.C.
1915: Suffrage parade in N.Y.
1917: 5 years before the above photo was taken the women were picketing the White House, and getting arressted.
1918: Police arresting party picketers outside White House
1918: Mrs Lawrence Lewis (Dora Lewis) of Philadelphia on release from jail after five days of hunger striking..
1919: Miss Vivian Pierce of San Diego, California
“Justice” Miss Florence Hanlin as Justice in the Dance Drama presented at Seneca Falls, on July 20th in connection with the National Woman's Party's seventy-fifth anniversary celebration of Equal Rights.
1920, June: Party banner decorating the balcony at the Republican Convention in Chicago
1922, Oct 21: Miss Julia O’Bear a messenger girl at the National Women's Party headquarters.
1923: A group of young members of the National Woman's Party before the Capitol. They are about to invade the offices of the senators and congressmen from their states, to ask them to vote for Equal Rights.
No borders: these photos were taken long after the right to vote passed in the united States, but American women continued their battle overseas!
1926: Puerto Rico, consulting with Mrs. Burnita Shelton Matthews, Legal Research Secretary of the National Woman's Party, on the drafting of a bill for introduction in Congress extending suffrage to the women of Porto Rica
1928: Doris Stevens, right, talking to Señora Gonzales at Pan-American Conference, Havana, Jan. 1928.
Further reading: Timeline of the National Woman’s Party: https://www.loc.gov/collections/women-of-protest/articles-and-essays/historial-timeline-of-the-national-womans-party/
Timeline of women's suffrage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_women%27s_suffrage#18th_century
tar_heeldd on June 20th, 2018 at 13:00 UTC »
The colorization here is fantastic! Seems like the photo could have been taken yesterday on a costumed movie set!
holidayidol on June 20th, 2018 at 13:59 UTC »
In my opinion, this is the best colorization I've seen on this subreddit!
Outstanding work mygrapefruit !