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Women worked in munitions making, typically a man's job, during World War I. 12.6 x 17.7 cm. Gelatin silver print. 1914. World War I will begin soon for the rest of the world, and when will be albe to vot in six years. Women were working in muntions…

A poster to convince women to become trained nurses for the war effort. 76 x 54 cm. Lithograph. 1917 or 1918. World War I is happening and the war effort needs women to treat soldiers. The government wanted women for the war effort, and the poster…

An American nurse treating a soldier during World War I. 5 x 7 in. Glass negatives. 1914. The United States of American had not officially entered World War I and would not do so until 1917, but the United States of America did fund their Allies and…

A Photograph of a women standing outside the White House with a banner demanding that Woodrow Wilson give women suffrage. 5x 7 in. Digitized photograph. 1917. The year before the end of World War I and soon after the Nineteenth Amendment giving…

This was a drawing on the front cover of Life magazine. 1912. World War I would start for the rest of the world in three years, and the Women's Rights Movement in American was beginning again after Susan B. Anthony died less than ten years before,…

A political cartoon about the public's acceptance of women's suffrage after women's performance during World War I. Digitization of a drawing. 1917. World War I was still happening and would not end until the next year, but there had already been…

Women arrested for wanting to vote are released from prison. 4 x 7 in. Digitization of a photograph. 1917. The United States has entered World War I or will do so later that year. Women were arrested because they wanted to vote, one of the women in…

Women holding senators accountable for keeping women from voting. 5 x 7 in. Digitization of a photograph. 1917. The United States has entered World War I or will enter it soon. Women will receive suffrage in three years. Women are not only fighting…

Women are burning a speech by President Wilson to protest his stance on women's suffrage. 5 x 7 in. Digitization of a photograph. 1918. World War I is almost over, and in two years the Nineteenth Amendment will be ratified giving women the right to…

A woman protesting the treatment of women who are suffrage prisoners. 4.25 x 7 in. 1917. This was taken the year before World War I ended. This shows the treatment of the women who wanted their suffrage, they were treated as if they were criminals…