[WOMEN'S RIGHTS] 4 photos of female activists, incl. Anna Dickinson, Elizabeth Stanton, Mother Jones

Lot comprised of 4 photographs, including:

CDV of Anna E. Dickinson (1842-1932). New York: Mathew Brady, E. & H.T. Anthony, ca 1863. With President Lincoln in attendance, in January 1863, Dickinson was the first woman to ever address Congress. She was 20 years old at that time. Dickinson was a fiery anti-slavery and women’s rights orator.

CDV of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902). Uncredited. Stanton was a writer and activist who was a leader of the women's rights movement in the US during the second half of the 19th century.

Real photo postcard of Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones) marching with Guy Miller in a "Strikers Parade, Calumet, Michigan, Aug. 10, 1913," as captioned in negative. The image was taken during the Copper Country strike in Calumet, Michigan, and Mother Jones was 76 years old at the time. Jones (1837-1930) was an Irish-born American labor organizer, former schoolteacher, and dressmaker who became a prominent union organizer, community organizer, and activist.

"Votes for Women" real photo postcard featuring a Suffragette woman dressed in men's clothing, captioned in lower margin, "Suffragette, Who - Me?" Copyrighted by J. Baumann, 1910. The postcard card was produced ten years before women won the right to vote nationally.

Together, 4 images.

Dickinson CDV: corners clipped.

Stanton CDV: Some toning, light spotting.

Mother Jones RPPC: light crease near top right corner.

Votes for Women RPPC: horizontal crease near center.

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[WOMEN'S RIGHTS] 4 photos of female activists, incl. Anna Dickinson, Elizabeth Stanton, Mother Jones

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