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Newspaper front page "Arkansas Ladies Journal"

Arkansas Ladies Journal

Breeches Panic Propaganda Image

Older white woman with glasses

White woman in red dress speaking at a lectern

"Vote for Mrs Hattie W Caraway" campaign card

Hattie Caraway Card

Tribute plaque on court house lawn

Caraway Tribute

Old white woman with curly hair in a dress

White woman in ribbon hat suit and tie speaking to white man in suit outdoors

Hattie and Thaddeus Caraway

Letter from Arkansas Governor Harvey Parnell to U.S. president certifying Hattie Caraway senate election 1932

Hattie Caraway Appointment Certificate

African American woman and white woman working in garden

Community Event

Old document "Monthly Record"

Fayetteville Female Seminary Report Card

Group of people working on crafts at table

Portrait of white woman in dress

Smiling white woman in polka dot dress posing with white man in casual suit and glasses

Virginia and Jim Johnson

White woman on a blue and white fan with red stars "I"m a Fan Virginia Johnson"

Virginia Johnson Campaign Fan

White men and women throwing "pennies" outside multistory building with four front columns and large dome

Brownie Ledbetter

White woman sitting on edge of desk speaking into microphone in courtroom-like environment

Brownie Ledbetter

White woman in suit speaking to white crowd on building steps

Lincoln with Students

White woman smiling in suit talking to group of older white men

Blanche Lincoln

light-haired white woman in blue suit jacket and white shirt on flyer with white text

Blanche Lambert Campaign

White woman in suit speaking at a lectern with crowd and building in the background

Blanche Lincoln

Older white woman dressed as a man with glasses in suit and bow tie

Mary Victor (M. V.) Mayfield

Older white woman sitting on bed in black dress with lace collar

Mary Victor (M. V.) Mayfield

Victor Mayfield Story Ad

White man and three white women in hats and dresses posing with bus

Older white man with thick mustache in suit and bow tie

Large audience surrounding woman in dress hair ribbon glasses on sidewalk outside building

Seated white woman in white dress holding book

White women in uniform wearing bandanas pose with an American flag

Ordnance Plant Workers

Older white woman with glasses in hooded sweater holding up a painting with the word "Resilience" on it

"Little Rock suffragists contradict Senator Vardaman" newspaper clipping

Political Equality League Article

Old white man with two white women looking at a portrait or white man in suit sitting

Joe T. Robinson Portrait

sepia toned photo of white woman in early twentieth century clothing

Annie Schoppach

Portrait white woman in dress with ruffled shoulders collar slight smile curly bangs hair bun

Annie Schoppach

white woman seated smiling in fur lined coat and matching skirt

"History of Suffrage Movement in Arkansas" newspaper clipping

Suffrage Article

African American woman in fancy dress standing by a chair

Mary B. Talbert

White woman with curly hair posing in fancy dress

Adolphine Fletcher Terry

Document with text and photo of a young white woman wearing a beret, scarf, and jacket

Louise Thaden's Pilot License

White women in dresses with hats and white man on building steps with flag banner

Julia McAlmont Warner

White women and girls on steps of school building

Julia McAlmont Warner in College

"Mrs. S. S. Wassell" newspaper clipping

Article about Elizabeth Wassell

White woman in fancy dress sitting in an ornate wooden chair

Effiegene Wingo

Full front page of the "Woman's Chronicle" dated March 3 1888

Woman's Chronicle

Six white women in dresses posing in line

Women of the 75th U.S. Congress

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