American Historical Ephemera & Photography

Image of a group of women with drums in the bed of a truck decorated for a suffragette parade. Lancaster, OH: Tobias Studio, [ca 1912]. 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. photograph on 7 3/4  x  9 3/4 in. mount (light toning to edges, few abrasions, wear including some loss to mount).

[With:] Typed letter. Columbus, OH, 30 August 1912. With information about the Woman Suffrage Parade in Columbus, Ohio, in conjunction with centennial celebrations: “Men say women are not in earnest, and that but few wish the ballot…The plain duty of every suffragist is to demonstrate that she is one of the great party of women who believe that women are needed as voters, by joining the SUFFRAGE PARADE, Aug. 30. By OVERWHELMING numbers this Centennial Parade must demonstrate to the voters of Ohio that women are sincere...help express the overwhelming public opinion…by signing and mailing the attached pledge slip….” The slip is attached, as it was never sent in. The blank back of the typed page has a manuscript letter, only dated “Thursday, 6:30 AM.” “The more I think about that suffrage parade the madder I get. Why did they send out these papers and then go & change it to the 27” & not let us know?” Signed illegibly.