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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
Mabel Tuke, Joint Honourary Secretary of the Womens Social and Political Union (WSPU), c1908. Mabel Tuke (1871-1962), also known as Pansy
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
Scene in a cabaret in the north of France, 1871. Creator: F WentworthScene in a cabaret in the north of France, 1871. '...orders were issued by the Minister of the Interior...[compelling] public-house keepers to stop the practice of laying written petitions or
Watercolour Sketch for a Petition by the Finnish Art Society, 1890-1925. Creator: Magnus EnckellWatercolour Sketch for a Petition by the Finnish Art Society, 1890-1925
Waiting-room of the National Assembly at Versailles, 1871. Creator: William James PalmerWaiting-room of the National Assembly at Versailles, 1871. 'The experienced observer of public business...will find no difficulty in understanding the motives of each group
The Suffragette Housemaid 1908, (1933). Creator: UnknownThe Suffragette Housemaid 1908, (1933). A suffragette (Vera Wentworth?) wearing a pinafore advertising a protest on Londons Victoria Embankment
Themistocles, (c 524-459 BC), 1830. Creator: UnknownThemistocles, (c 524-459 BC), 1830. Themistocles (c 524-459 BC) Athenian non-aristocratic politician and general who rose to prominence in the Athenian democracy
Solon, (c630-c560 BC), 1830. Creator: UnknownSolon, (c630-c560 BC), 1830. Solon (c630-c560 BC) Athenian statesman, lawmaker and poet who legislated against political, economic and moral decline
Suffragette Martyrs Released from Prison, 1908, (1933). Creator: UnknownSuffragette " Martyrs" Released from Prison, 1908, (1933). A triumphant procession with banners and a brass band
The vote for annexation at Naples - polling booth at Monte Calvario - from a sketch by T. Nast, 1860 Creator: UnknownThe vote for annexation at Naples - polling booth at Monte Calvario - from a sketch by T. Nast, 1860. Italian elections on 21st October
Neapolitans proceeding to record their votes for annexation... 1860. Creator: UnknownNeapolitans 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
J. W. Malcolm, Esq. the newly-elected M.P. for Boston - from a photograph by Claudet, 1860. Creator: UnknownJ. 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
La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Premiere séance solennelle de l'Assemblee... 1919. Creator: UnknownLa Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Premiere seance solennelle de l'Assemblee nationale allemande, le 6 fevrier 1919
La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Les femmes dans l'Assemblee... 1919. Creator: UnknownLa Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Les femmes dans l'Assemblee: trios representantes du parti socialiste majoritaire et une elue du parti national
La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Les femmes dans l'Assemblee... 1919. Creator: UnknownLa 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
La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Les femmes dans l'Assemblee... 1919. Creator: UnknownLa Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Les femmes dans l'Assemblee: trois representantes du parti socialiste majoritaire et une elue du parti national
La Nouvelle Europe; les elections Allemandes; auto-taxi de propagande social-democrate... 1919. Creator: UnknownLa 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
La Nouvelle Europe; les elections Allemandes; l'ordre assure dans la rue par l'artillerie... 1919La 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
La Nouvelle Europe; les elections Allemandes; les elections a Berlin: le 19 janvier... 1919. Creator: UnknownLa 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
La Nouvelle Europe; les elections Allemandes; deux jeunes distributrices de bulletins... 1919. Creator: UnknownLa Nouvelle Europe; les elections Allemandes; deux jeunes distributrices de bulletins de vote en faveur du national allemand, 1919
The Manchester Election: the Hustings in St. Anne's-Square, 1857. Creator: UnknownThe 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
The Crusader; Onward for Democracy; Upward with Race; Mrs. James Conick, Jr. New York... 1918-1922 Creator: UnknownThe Crusader; Onward for Democracy; Upward with Race; Mrs. James Conick, Jr. New York State tennis champion, 1918-1922
Thanksgiving Crusader Magazine; Onward for Democracy; Upward with Race. [Cover page], 1918-1922
Woman Suffrage - Motor Parade To Capitol, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Motor Parade To CapitolWoman Suffrage - Motor Parade To Capitol, [Washington, DC], 1913. [American women demanding the vote]
Woman Suffrage Motor Parade To Capitol, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage Motor Parade To Capitol, 1913Woman Suffrage - Motor Parade To Capitol, [Washington, DC], 1913. [American women demanding the vote]
Casket in Capitol, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Casket in Capitol, 1914. Creator: Harris & EwingCasket in Capitol, 1914
William Tell Cleveland Will Not Bow to the Hat, from Puck, published May 16, 1883. Creator: Bernard GillamWilliam Tell Cleveland Will Not Bow to the Hat, from Puck, published May 16, 1883
Board of directors of the Mineral King Farm Association, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeThese 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
Tree of Liberty, on the Boulevard St. Martin, at Paris, 1850. Creator: UnknownTree 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
Voting at the London County Council; Lord Roseberry counting the show of hands... 1890. Creator: UnknownVoting at the London County Council; Lord Roseberry counting the show of hands--The " Ayes" have it, 1890
A Charm for a Democracy, Reviewed, Analysed, & Destroyed Jan 1 1799 to the Confusion of its Affiliated Friends, January 1, 1799
Cabinet card portrait of Thomas Mundy Peterson, 1884. Creator: William R. TobiasOn 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
Bumper sticker with the slogan One Man, One Vote, 1962 - 1965. Creator: UnknownA 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]
Flyer promoting the Citizenship Education Project, 1956. Creator: UnknownThis 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)
The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th 1870. Creator: Thomas KellyAt 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
Election Scene, Catonsville, Baltimore County, c. 1860. Creator: Alfred Jacob MillerElection Scene, Catonsville, Baltimore County, c. 1860
Canvassing for Votes, Plate II: Four Prints of an Election, February 20, 1757
Exterior of a polling booth, New York, 1844. Creator: UnknownExterior 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
Great meeting in Rhode Island, 1844. Creator: UnknownGreat meeting in Rhode Island, 1844. Crowds gathered in Rhode Island, USA, to listen to Thomas Wilson Dorr, leader of the Dorr Rebellion
Ropespierre, (1758-1794), 1830. Creator: UnknownRopespierre, (1758-1794), 1830. Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794) French lawyer and politician, influential figure of the French Revolution who campaigned for suffrage
The Welcome to the Victims of Masculine Tyranny 1908, (1933). Creator: UnknownThe Welcome to the Victims of Masculine Tyranny 1908, (1933). A group of British suffragettes, recently released from prison, with a Welcome banner
Peers Spiritual in the House of Lords in 1894, (1901). Creator: UnknownPeers 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
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)
The National Convention... 4th of February 1839 at the British Coffee House. Creator: UnknownThe 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
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
All voters, big and small, gather to humbly coax each other... from the Little Miseries of Human Life, 1843
First ballot that allowed women to vote, polling station in a school in Madrid, legislative elections in October 1933
Political meeting at Smithfield, London, 1819. A meeting of radical reformers presided over by Henry Hunt on July 21st 1819
Emblem for the Harrison & Tyler Presidential Campaign in 1840, 1840Emblem for the Harrison & Tyler Presidential Campaign in 1840, pub. 1840 (woodcut)
Suffragettes armed with materials to chain themselves to railings, 1909. The Suffragettes found that by chaining themselves to railings they could gain much needed time to deliver their speeches
A mass of spectators at the Monument, London, 18 April 1913. Crowds gathered around the Monument after it had been captured by two suffragettes
Suffragettes trying to speak to the Prime Minister, London, 1908. Olive Fergus (left) and Mrs Frank Corbet flank Prime Minister Herbert Asquith (1852-1928)
Stand of the Wimbledon branch of the Womens Social and Political Union (WSPU), London, 1911. The stand of the Wimbledon branch of the WSPU at the Christmas Bazaar located in the Portman Rooms, 1911
Two suffragettes celebrating their release from Holloway Prison, London, on 22 August 1908. Mary Leigh (left) (1885-c1978) and Edith New (1877)
Young suffragettes promote the fortnight-long Womens Exhibition, London, 13 May 1909. The exhibition, organised by the Womens Social and Political Union (WSPU) was to be held at Princes Skating Rink
The suffragettes of Ealing, London, 1912. A group of suffragettes holding placards publicising a public meeting to be held on Ealing Common on 1 June, 1912
Spectators gather on Portland Place to watch the Womens Sunday procession, London, 21 June 1908. On Sunday 21 June 1908 thousands of people gathered in London to watch six processions organised by
Barbara Ayrton, British suffragette, campaigning on the Votes for Women bus, October 1909. She is wearing the suffragette uniform, and a sash which would have been white purple and green
Miss Kelly, a suffragette, selling Votes for Women, July 1911. She is standing in the road so she cannot be arrested for obstruction
Ada Flatman, British suffragette, at a demonstration she organised in Liverpool, 1909. Ada Flatman (1876-1951) is second from the right
Una Dugdale, British suffragette, campaigning at the Newcastle by-election, September 1908. Una Dugdales (1880-1975) sisters, Joan and Daisy, were also suffragettes
Christabel Pankhurst and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, British suffragettes, 18 September, 1908. Christabel Pankhurst and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence
Jessie Kenney, British suffragette, dressed as a telegraph boy, 10 December 1909. Jessie Kenney (1887-1985) as she tried to gain admittance to Prime Minister Herbert Asquiths meeting dressed as a
Arrest of Dora Marsden, British suffragette, outside the Victoria University of Manchester, 1909Arrest of Dora Marsden, British suffragette, outside the Victoria University of Manchester, 4 October 1909. Dora Marsden (1882-1960) heckled Lord Morley, who was speaking at the University
Lady Constance Lytton, British suffragette, Newcastle, 9 October 1909. Lady Constance Lytton (1869-1923) before she threw a stone at Sir Walter Runcimans car
Suffragette being force fed with the nasal tube in Holloway Prison, London, 1909. In response to their hunger strikes several suffragettes were subjected to being force fed
Hunger strikers waving to Christabel Pankhurst from their cells in Holloway Prison, London, 1909. The fourteen suffragettes went on hunger in protest at the governments refusal to treat them as
Christabel Pankhurst waving to the hunger strikers from a house overlooking Holloway Prison, 1909. Christabel Pankhurst (1880-1958) was one of the leaders of the British suffragette movement
Britsh suffragette Emmeline Pethick-Lawrences release from prison, 17 April 1909. The procession in her honour of her release marched from Marble Arch to the Aldwych Theatre
British suffragette Elsie Howey as Joan of Arc, London, 17 April 1909. Elsie Howey (1884-1963) dressed as Joan of Arc on the day of Joans beatification
The Womens Social and Political Union fife and drum band out for the first time, 13 May 1909. On 13 May the Womens Social and Political Union (WSPU)
The arrest of suffragette Dora Marsden, 30 March 1909. Dora Marsden (1882-1960) was the standard bearer at a demonstration organised by the Womens Social and Political Union (WSPU)
The Human Letters dispatched by Jessie Kenney to Mr Asquith at 10 Downing Street, London, 1909. Part of the campaign by the suffragette movement to win the vote for women
Procession to welcome the early release of suffragettes from prison on 19 December 1908. Procession in Trafalgar Square to welcome Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928)
Ejection of a woman questioner from City Temple, London, 12 November 1908. ArtistEjection of a woman questioner from City Temple, London, 12 November 1908. The woman was ejected for interrupting a speech given by Augustine Birrell
The Womens Freedom League attempting to enter the House of Commons, London, 1908. On 28 October, as part of the campaign to secure the vote for women
Herbert Gladstone in the witness box at the trial of Emmeline Pankhurst and others, London, 1908. Herbert Gladstone (1854-1930), Home Secretary at the time
Arrest of leading suffragettes, London, 13 October 1908. Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928), Christabel Pankhurst (1880-1958) and Flora Drummond (1878-1949) being read the warrant for their arrest
Mr Curtis Bennet listening to Christabel Pankhursts speech from the dock, London, October 1908. Bennet, the magistrate, listening to Pankhursts speech in which she argues her case with such requests
