Women munition workers urge President to support suffrage bill

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Title

Women munition workers urge President to support suffrage bill

Description

Women munition workers urge President to support suffrage bill. Six women war workers, representing thousands of others, were delegated to see President Wilson and urge him to support the motion for an immediate passage of the federal suffrage amendment. These women were employed at Bethlehem Steel Company's plant at Newcastle, Pennslyvania. They supplemented their argument with the statement that the women are serving the government in war industries and feel the urgent need of federal enfranchisement. From left to right: Miss Mary Gonzon, Mrs. Florence B. Hilles, Miss Lulu Patterson, Mrs. Marie McKensie, Miss Aida Walling and Mrs. Catherine Boyle.

Creator

War Department. (1789 - 09/18/1947)

Source

Series: American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs, compiled 1917 - 1918

Publisher

Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-0561; FAX: 301-837-3621; EMAIL: stillpixorder@nara.gov.

Date

05/24/1918

Rights

Restricted - Possibly
Copyright
Photographs taken by commercial sources may be copyrighted.

Type

Photographs and other Graphic Materials

Identifier

ARC Identifier 533770