Sujet
Alice Paul and Mrs Pethwick-Laurence
Légende
Alice Paul and Mrs Pethwick-Laurence, 1920. Born 1885 died 1977. American feminist and social reformer, born into a Quaker family in Moorestown, New Jersey. She was educated at Swarthmore College and Pennsylvania University, where she gained a PhD in 1912. She spent some years in England, becoming involved in the militant branch of the suffrage movement and was arrested several times and imprisoned. From 1912, back in the USA, she formed the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. Her forceful personality attracted wide support and equally wide mistrust. She devoted her whole career to fighting for equal rights for women.
Date
1920
Crédit
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Notre référence
ARP18A00_363
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
80,2Mo (7,9Mo) / 44,9cm x 44,8cm / 5300 x 5288 (300dpi)