I’ve been writing some posts on craftivism for the Fabrics Store blog, and the one that comes out on Friday features suffragette banners, along with Gandhi and the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo.

As I was looking for photos for that blog post, I came across the large photo collection of suffragette photos from the Library of Congress, and was amazed at all the different ways women used to get their message across. There are just a few of them below.

Please note that the photographs are in thumbnail version, so that if you click on them, they revert to their original size, allowing you to view them in more detail.

A 1917 photograph by Harris & Ewing of an unidentified suffragette.

Trixie Friganza between other suffragettes on top of steps, New York, 1908. 

Liberty and her Attendants (Suffragette’s Tableau) in Front of Treasury Building, Washington, DC, March 3, 1913.

Suffragettes at the White House, 1900. 

Suffragettes in Washington, DC, 1917. 

Suffragette speaking from a cart, London, 1900. 

Mrs. H. Riordan, Suffragette, New York, 1910. 

Suffragettes picketing at the Senate Office Building, Washington, DC, 1909. 

Suffragettes in Washington, DC, 1910. 

Suffragettes in London, 1900. 

Margaret Vale (Mrs. George Howe), niece of President Wilson in suffrage parade, New York, October 1915.

Suffragettes in Washington, DC, June 1917. 

Suffragette Trixie Friganza in New York, 1908. 

Gen. Jones “Forward,” 1914. 

Suffragettes and young girls carrying balloons, running down the steps of the U. S. Treasury towards three awaiting women, Washington, DC, 1913.

Mrs. J. L. Laidlaw, suffragette, 1910.

Suffragettes with banners in Washington, DC, 1918.

Suffrage hay wagon, Yonkers, New York, 1913.

Suffragette Alyce Jenks.

Suffragettes and their umbrellas, 1910. 

Women suffrage hikers General Rosalie Jones, Jessie Stubbs, and Colonel Ida Craft, who is wearing a bag labeled “Votes for Women pilgrim leaflets” and carrying a banner with a notice for a “Woman Suffrage Party. Mass meeting. Opera House. Brooklyn Academy of Music. January 9th at 8:15 p.m.

A tiny, yet mighty, suffrage banner.

Suffragette ball butterfly dance.

Suffragettes with banner, Washington, DC, 1920. 

Suffragettes posting bills, 1910.

Suffragette ball Greek cymbal dance, Washington, DC, 1918.