Women's Mobility in Suffrage Times Photo Archive

Women's Mobility in Suffrage Times Photo Archive. Collection of 4 photographs of women on horses and bicycles; sizes range from 3" x 4" to 8" x 6.5," including a cabinet card with a photographer's mat measuring 8" x 10." In the age of women's suffrage, means of travel and mobility were synonymous with social autonomy and self-sufficiency. Because it was considered progressive and unconventional, suffragettes often rode horses to demonstrations. Similarly, bicycles became a symbol of freedom and independence; early feminists Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony famously declared that "woman is riding to suffrage on the bicycle." Their efforts were (truncated) well worth it; today, women make up the majority of licensed drivers in America. The feminists pictured here sport expressions of pride and determination, as if they already know they are making history. Very good condition. (Inventory #: 19016)