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Background imageDemocracy Collection: Tsar Nicholas II at the opening ceremony of the first Duma, St Petersburg, Russia, 1906

Tsar Nicholas II at the opening ceremony of the first Duma, St Petersburg, Russia, 1906. The Duma, the elected legislative assembly of the Russian Empire

Background imageDemocracy Collection: Mabel Tuke, Joint Honourary Secretary of the Womens Social and Political Union (WSPU), c1908

Mabel Tuke, Joint Honourary Secretary of the Womens Social and Political Union (WSPU), c1908. Mabel Tuke (1871-1962), also known as Pansy

Background imageDemocracy Collection: The Reform Bill, 1832 (c1850s)

The Reform Bill, 1832 (c1850s). The Rt Hon Earl Grey introduced the Reform Act in Parliament in 1832. It was intended to make wide-ranging changes to the British electoral system

Background imageDemocracy Collection: The vote for annexation at Naples - polling booth at Monte Calvario - from a sketch by T

The vote for annexation at Naples - polling booth at Monte Calvario - from a sketch by T. Nast, 1860 Creator: Unknown
The vote for annexation at Naples - polling booth at Monte Calvario - from a sketch by T. Nast, 1860. Italian elections on 21st October

Background imageDemocracy Collection: Neapolitans proceeding to record their votes for annexation... 1860. Creator: Unknown

Neapolitans proceeding to record their votes for annexation... 1860. Creator: Unknown
Neapolitans proceeding to record their votes for annexation - from a sketch by our special artist, Frank Vizetelly, 1860. The streets of Naples were all excitement from an early hour on the 21st

Background imageDemocracy Collection: J. W. Malcolm, Esq. the newly-elected M.P. for Boston - from a photograph by Claudet, 1860

J. W. Malcolm, Esq. the newly-elected M.P. for Boston - from a photograph by Claudet, 1860. Creator: Unknown
J. W. Malcolm, Esq. the newly-elected M.P. for Boston - from a photograph by Claudet, 1860. Mr. Malcolm...received his education at Eton, and at Christchurch

Background imageDemocracy Collection: La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Premiere séance solennelle de l'Assemblee... 1919

La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Premiere séance solennelle de l'Assemblee... 1919. Creator: Unknown
La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Premiere seance solennelle de l'Assemblee nationale allemande, le 6 fevrier 1919

Background imageDemocracy Collection: La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Les femmes dans l'Assemblee... 1919. Creator: Unknown

La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Les femmes dans l'Assemblee... 1919. Creator: Unknown
La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Les femmes dans l'Assemblee: trios representantes du parti socialiste majoritaire et une elue du parti national

Background imageDemocracy Collection: La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Les femmes dans l'Assemblee... 1919. Creator: Unknown

La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Les femmes dans l'Assemblee... 1919. Creator: Unknown
La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Les femmes dans l'Assemblee: trios representantes du parti socialiste majoritaire et une elue du parti national

Background imageDemocracy Collection: La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Les femmes dans l'Assemblee... 1919. Creator: Unknown

La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Les femmes dans l'Assemblee... 1919. Creator: Unknown
La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Les femmes dans l'Assemblee: trios representantes du parti socialiste majoritaire et une elue du parti national

Background imageDemocracy Collection: La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Les femmes dans l'Assemblee... 1919. Creator: Unknown

La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Les femmes dans l'Assemblee... 1919. Creator: Unknown
La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Les femmes dans l'Assemblee: trios representantes du parti socialiste majoritaire et une elue du parti national

Background imageDemocracy Collection: La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Les femmes dans l'Assemblee... 1919. Creator: Unknown

La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Les femmes dans l'Assemblee... 1919. Creator: Unknown
La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Les femmes dans l'Assemblee: trios representantes du parti socialiste majoritaire et une elue du parti national

Background imageDemocracy Collection: La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Les femmes dans l'Assemblee... 1919. Creator: Unknown

La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Les femmes dans l'Assemblee... 1919. Creator: Unknown
La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Les femmes dans l'Assemblee: trios representantes du parti socialiste majoritaire et une elue du parti national. Frau Clara Schuch, de Berlin, 1919

Background imageDemocracy Collection: La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Les femmes dans l'Assemblee... 1919. Creator: Unknown

La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Les femmes dans l'Assemblee... 1919. Creator: Unknown
La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Les femmes dans l'Assemblee: trois representantes du parti socialiste majoritaire et une elue du parti national

Background imageDemocracy Collection: La Nouvelle Europe; les elections Allemandes; auto-taxi de propagande social-democrate... 1919

La Nouvelle Europe; les elections Allemandes; auto-taxi de propagande social-democrate... 1919. Creator: Unknown
La Nouvelle Europe; les elections Allemandes; auto-taxi de propagande social-democrate devant un bureau de vote, 1919. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919

Background imageDemocracy Collection: La Nouvelle Europe; les elections Allemandes; l'ordre assure dans la rue par l'artillerie... 1919

La Nouvelle Europe; les elections Allemandes; l'ordre assure dans la rue par l'artillerie... 1919
La Nouvelle Europe; les elections Allemandes; l'ordre assure dans la rue par l'artillerie de campagne, 1919. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration

Background imageDemocracy Collection: La Nouvelle Europe; les elections Allemandes; les elections a Berlin: le 19 janvier... 1919

La Nouvelle Europe; les elections Allemandes; les elections a Berlin: le 19 janvier... 1919. Creator: Unknown
La Nouvelle Europe; les elections Allemandes; les elections a Berlin: le 19 janvier, electeurs et electrices se pressant a l'entree d'une section de vote, 1919

Background imageDemocracy Collection: La Nouvelle Europe; les elections Allemandes; deux jeunes distributrices de bulletins... 1919

La Nouvelle Europe; les elections Allemandes; deux jeunes distributrices de bulletins... 1919. Creator: Unknown
La Nouvelle Europe; les elections Allemandes; deux jeunes distributrices de bulletins de vote en faveur du national allemand, 1919

Background imageDemocracy Collection: The Manchester Election: the Hustings in St. Anne's-Square, 1857. Creator: Unknown

The Manchester Election: the Hustings in St. Anne's-Square, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Manchester Election: the Hustings in St. Anne's-Square, 1857. General election. The nomination of candidates for election to serve in the next Parliament as representatives of the city of

Background imageDemocracy Collection: The Crusader; Onward for Democracy; Upward with Race; Mrs. James Conick, Jr. New York

The Crusader; Onward for Democracy; Upward with Race; Mrs. James Conick, Jr. New York... 1918-1922 Creator: Unknown
The Crusader; Onward for Democracy; Upward with Race; Mrs. James Conick, Jr. New York State tennis champion, 1918-1922

Background imageDemocracy Collection: Thanksgiving Crusader Magazine; Onward for Democracy; Upward with Race. [Cover page], 1918-1922

Thanksgiving Crusader Magazine; Onward for Democracy; Upward with Race. [Cover page], 1918-1922

Background imageDemocracy Collection: Woman Suffrage - Motor Parade To Capitol, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Woman Suffrage - Motor Parade To Capitol, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Motor Parade To Capitol
Woman Suffrage - Motor Parade To Capitol, [Washington, DC], 1913. [American women demanding the vote]

Background imageDemocracy Collection: Woman Suffrage Motor Parade To Capitol, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Woman Suffrage Motor Parade To Capitol, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage Motor Parade To Capitol, 1913
Woman Suffrage - Motor Parade To Capitol, [Washington, DC], 1913. [American women demanding the vote]

Background imageDemocracy Collection: Casket in Capitol, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Casket in Capitol, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Casket in Capitol, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Casket in Capitol, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Casket in Capitol, 1914

Background imageDemocracy Collection: William Tell Cleveland Will Not Bow to the Hat, from Puck, published May 16, 1883

William Tell Cleveland Will Not Bow to the Hat, from Puck, published May 16, 1883. Creator: Bernard Gillam
William Tell Cleveland Will Not Bow to the Hat, from Puck, published May 16, 1883

Background imageDemocracy Collection: Board of directors of the Mineral King Farm Association, Tulare County, California, 1938

Board of directors of the Mineral King Farm Association, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
These three men comprise the board of directors of the Mineral King Farm Association, Tulare County, California. They were elected by their own group to direct this farm unit

Background imageDemocracy Collection: Tree of Liberty, on the Boulevard St. Martin, at Paris, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Tree of Liberty, on the Boulevard St. Martin, at Paris, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Tree of Liberty, on the Boulevard St. Martin, at Paris, 1850. During the past week riots of a revolutionary character have taken place in that capital; the ostensible cause of which was the removal

Background imageDemocracy Collection: Tsar Nicholas II speaking at the opening of the first Duma, St Petersburg, Russia, 27 April 1906

Tsar Nicholas II speaking at the opening of the first Duma, St Petersburg, Russia, 27 April 1906. The Duma, the elected legislative assembly of the Russian Empire

Background imageDemocracy Collection: Themistocles, (c 524-459 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown

Themistocles, (c 524-459 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Themistocles, (c 524-459 BC), 1830. Themistocles (c 524-459 BC) Athenian non-aristocratic politician and general who rose to prominence in the Athenian democracy

Background imageDemocracy Collection: Solon, (c630-c560 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown

Solon, (c630-c560 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Solon, (c630-c560 BC), 1830. Solon (c630-c560 BC) Athenian statesman, lawmaker and poet who legislated against political, economic and moral decline

Background imageDemocracy Collection: The Suffragette Housemaid 1908, (1933). Creator: Unknown

The Suffragette Housemaid 1908, (1933). Creator: Unknown
The Suffragette Housemaid 1908, (1933). A suffragette (Vera Wentworth?) wearing a pinafore advertising a protest on Londons Victoria Embankment

Background imageDemocracy Collection: Suffragette Martyrs Released from Prison, 1908, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Suffragette Martyrs Released from Prison, 1908, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Suffragette " Martyrs" Released from Prison, 1908, (1933). A triumphant procession with banners and a brass band

Background imageDemocracy Collection: Voting at the London County Council; Lord Roseberry counting the show of hands... 1890

Voting at the London County Council; Lord Roseberry counting the show of hands... 1890. Creator: Unknown
Voting at the London County Council; Lord Roseberry counting the show of hands--The " Ayes" have it, 1890

Background imageDemocracy Collection: A Charm for a Democracy, Reviewed, Analysed, & Destroyed Jan 1 1799 to the Conf

A Charm for a Democracy, Reviewed, Analysed, & Destroyed Jan 1 1799 to the Confusion of its Affiliated Friends, January 1, 1799

Background imageDemocracy Collection: Cabinet card portrait of Thomas Mundy Peterson, 1884. Creator: William R. Tobias

Cabinet card portrait of Thomas Mundy Peterson, 1884. Creator: William R. Tobias
On March 31, 1870, one day after the ratification of the 15th Amendment, which allowed him the right to vote, Thomas Peterson became the first African American to cast a ballot in a U.S

Background imageDemocracy Collection: Bumper sticker with the slogan One Man, One Vote, 1962 - 1965. Creator: Unknown

Bumper sticker with the slogan One Man, One Vote, 1962 - 1965. Creator: Unknown
A blue bumper sticker with green and white print. Vertical text down the left side reads: [SNCC]. Text moving from left to right along the sticker reads: [ONE MAN x ONE VOTE]

Background imageDemocracy Collection: Flyer promoting the Citizenship Education Project, 1956. Creator: Unknown

Flyer promoting the Citizenship Education Project, 1956. Creator: Unknown
This document is part of a scrapbook that was compiled in 1956 and 1957 by Frances Albrier during her term as president of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)

Background imageDemocracy Collection: The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th 1870. Creator: Thomas Kelly

The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th 1870. Creator: Thomas Kelly
At center, a depiction of a parade in celebration of the passing of the 15th Amendment. Framing it are portraits and vignettes illustrating the rights granted by the 15th Amendment

Background imageDemocracy Collection: Election Scene, Catonsville, Baltimore County, c. 1860. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller

Election Scene, Catonsville, Baltimore County, c. 1860. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller
Election Scene, Catonsville, Baltimore County, c. 1860

Background imageDemocracy Collection: Canvassing for Votes, Plate II: Four Prints of an Election, February 20, 1757

Canvassing for Votes, Plate II: Four Prints of an Election, February 20, 1757

Background imageDemocracy Collection: Exterior of a polling booth, New York, 1844. Creator: Unknown

Exterior of a polling booth, New York, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Exterior of a polling booth, New York, 1844. Voters in the US presidential election between James Knox Polk and Henry Clay, at...one of the polling-places, which, heretofore

Background imageDemocracy Collection: Great meeting in Rhode Island, 1844. Creator: Unknown

Great meeting in Rhode Island, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Great meeting in Rhode Island, 1844. Crowds gathered in Rhode Island, USA, to listen to Thomas Wilson Dorr, leader of the Dorr Rebellion

Background imageDemocracy Collection: Ropespierre, (1758-1794), 1830. Creator: Unknown

Ropespierre, (1758-1794), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Ropespierre, (1758-1794), 1830. Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794) French lawyer and politician, influential figure of the French Revolution who campaigned for suffrage

Background imageDemocracy Collection: The Welcome to the Victims of Masculine Tyranny 1908, (1933). Creator: Unknown

The Welcome to the Victims of Masculine Tyranny 1908, (1933). Creator: Unknown
The Welcome to the Victims of Masculine Tyranny 1908, (1933). A group of British suffragettes, recently released from prison, with a Welcome banner

Background imageDemocracy Collection: Peers Spiritual in the House of Lords in 1894, (1901). Creator: Unknown

Peers Spiritual in the House of Lords in 1894, (1901). Creator: Unknown
Peers Spiritual in the House of Lords in 1894, (1901). In the House of Lords of the United Kingdom, the 26 bishops of the established Church of England are known as the The Lords Spiritual

Background imageDemocracy Collection: Father John Murphy leading his tenants to vote in the Clare by-election, Ireland, 1828 (c1890)

Father John Murphy leading his tenants to vote in the Clare by-election, Ireland, 1828 (c1890)
Father John Murphy leading his tenants to vote for Irish Catholic political leader Daniel O Connell in the Clare by-election, Ireland, 1828 (c1890)

Background imageDemocracy Collection: The National Convention... 4th of February 1839 at the British Coffee House. Creator: Unknown

The National Convention... 4th of February 1839 at the British Coffee House. Creator: Unknown
The National Convention. As it met on Monday the 4th of February 1839 at the British Coffee House. Meeting of the National Convention of the Industrious Classes at the British Coffee House

Background imageDemocracy Collection: First ballot that allowed women to vote, polling station in a school in Madrid, legislative

First ballot that allowed women to vote, polling station in a school in Madrid, legislative elections in October 1933



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