Activism Collection (#6)

Miss Lucy Burns of C.U.W.S. 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Miss Lucy Burns of C.U.W.S. 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Burns, Miss Lucy, of C.U.W.S. 1917. American suffragist and women's rights advocate. Lucy Burns led the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage (CUWS)

Miss Lucy Burns of C.U.W.S. - in Jail, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Miss Lucy Burns of C.U.W.S. - in Jail, 1917
Miss Lucy Burns of C.U.W.S. - in Jail, 1917. American suffragist and women's rights advocate. Lucy Burns led the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage (CUWS)

Mrs. R.C. Burleson, Suffragist - 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs. R.C. Burleson, Suffragist - 1913
Mrs. R.C. Burleson, Suffragist - 1913. American socialite, artist, and suffragette Jane Walker Burleson, wife of Richard Coke Burleson

Mrs. R.C. Burleson, Suffragist - 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs. R.C. Burleson, Suffragist - 1913
Mrs. R.C. Burleson, Suffragist - 1913. American socialite, artist, and suffragette Jane Walker Burleson, wife of Richard Coke Burleson

Women's Christian Temperance Union - Mrs. Lillian Stevens And Mrs. Anna Gordon, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Women's Christian Temperance Union - Mrs. Lillian Stevens And Mrs. Anna Gordon, 1911. [American temperance advocates and social reformers: Lillian M. N

Mrs. John Winters Brannan, Suffragist, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Mrs. John Winters Brannan, Suffragist, 1917. American feminist activist Eunice Dana Brannan, a prominent figure in the suffragist movement in New York City

Democratic National Convention - Mrs. Roger Sullivan of Illinois; Miss Virginia Sullivan... 1912
Democratic National Convention - Mrs. Roger Sullivan of Illinois; Miss Virginia Sullivan; Mrs. B.H. Sullivan, 1912. [Helen M

Democratic National Convention - Mrs. Norman E. Mack; Mrs. William H. Taft; Mrs. Hugh Wallace, 1912. [Harriet T. Mack was the wife of editor and publisher Norman E

Democratic National Convention - Miss Ruby Tucker of Arkansas; Mrs. Thomas Taggart of... 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Democratic National Convention - Miss Ruby Tucker of Arkansas; Mrs. Thomas Taggart of Indiana; Mrs. Norman Mack of New York, 1912

Democratic National Convention - Mrs. Norman E. Mack; Mrs. A.J. Daly of Alaska; Mrs. Thomas Taggart; Miss Mccartney; Mrs. Robert Crain, 1912. [Harriet T

Ruth Crocker, Suffragist, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Ruth Crocker, Suffragist, 1917. US activist, campaigner, sister of Gertrude Crocker

Ruth Crocker, Suffragist, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Ruth Crocker, Suffragist, 1917. US activist, campaigner, sister of Gertrude Crocker

Gertrude Crocker, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Gertrude Crocker, 1917. US suffragist, activist, campaigner, sister of Ruth Crocker

Democratic National Convention - Mrs. May Wakewright I.E. Arkwright Hutton, Delegate, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Democratic National Convention - Mrs. May Wakewright [sic] i.e. Arkwright Hutton, Delegate, 1912. American suffrage leader and labour rights advocate May Arkwright Hutton at a political meeting

Democratic National Convention - Mrs. Norman E. Mack And Mrs. William H. Taft, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Democratic National Convention - Mrs. Norman E. Mack And Mrs. William H. Taft, 1912. [Harriet T. Mack was the wife of editor and publisher Norman E

Mrs. Richard Boeckel, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs. Richard Boeckel, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Mrs. Richard Boeckel, 1917. Possibly a portrait of American journalist and suffragist Florence Brewer Boeckel

Dolly Madison Breakfast - Mrs. H.D. Clayton; Mrs. Bedell Parker; Mrs. W.J. Bryan; Norman Mack, 1912. Society occasion, USA

Dolly Madison Breakfast - Mrs. H.D. Clayton; Mrs. Bedell Parker; Mrs. W.J. Bryan; Norman Mack, 1912. Society occasion, USA

Dolly Madison Breakfast - Mrs. William J. Bryan, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Dolly Madison Breakfast - Mrs
Dolly Madison Breakfast - Mrs. William J. Bryan, 1912. Society occasion, USA. Writer and suffragist Mary Elizabeth Baird Bryan was married to lawyer and politician William Jennings Bryan

Mrs. Josephine Bennett, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs. Josephine Bennett, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Mrs. Josephine Bennett, 1917. US campaigner and activist for women's right to vote. She joined picket lines with workers and strikers, advocating for better pay

Baseball, Amateur And College - Watching Game Between Metropolitan And Chevy Chase Clubs... 1913
Baseball, Amateur And College - Watching Game Between Metropolitan And Chevy Chase Clubs: Alex Hagner; Miss Belle Hagner; Miss Maitland Marshall; Misses Eleanor & Jessie Wilson, 1913

Alice Paul, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Alice Paul, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Alice Paul, 1913. [Alice Stokes Paul (right) was an American Quaker, suffragist, feminist, and women's rights activist

Mrs. Martin Wiley Littleton, left, with Monticello Petitions, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs
Mrs. Martin Wiley Littleton, left, with Monticello Petitions, 1912. USA. Maud Wilson was married to attorney Martin Wiley Littleton

Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, 1780. Creator: Valentine Green
Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, 1780

William Lovett
3782825 William Lovett; (add.info.: William Lovett - from engraving by A. Harral after Anelay, 1847. British radical, leader of the political movement Chartism)

Portrait of Jerzy Zawieyski (photo)
3319341 Portrait of Jerzy Zawieyski (photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jerzy Zawieyski, born Henryk Nowicki, (1902 - 1969) was a Polish playwright, prose writer

Police removing suffragettes chained to railings 1908
Police officers removing Edith New and Olivia Smith from the railings of 10. Downing Street. The image is interestingly captioned

WW2 Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst - Womens War Emergency Council
Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst (1882-1960) - (standing) presiding over the Womens War Emergency Council which she started immediately after the outbreak of WW2

Pan African flag used at the Million Man March 20th Anniversary, 2015. Creator: Unknown
The Million Man March - a large gathering of African-American men in Washington, D.C. took place on 16 October 1995. It was called by Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam

Anti-Vietnam War demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London. Placards read: Black Dwarf, Axel Springer Today! Cecil King Tomorrow

Mrs. John B. Henderson, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, between 1890 and 1910. Photograph of painting of Mary F. (Mary Foote) Henderson (1842-1931) by Benjamin Constant

Susan B. Anthony, 1900. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Susan B. Anthony, 1900. [American social reformer and women's rights activist]

Susan B. Anthony, c1890-1906. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Susan B. Anthony, between c1890 and c1910. Half length portrait, seated, facing left. [American social reformer and women's rights activist]

Cover of The Anthony Home Calendar, illustrated with portrait of Susan Brownell Anthony, 1900. Half-length portrait, seated, left profile

Charles Joseph Bonaparte, 1851-1921, c1906 September 8. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Charles Joseph Bonaparte, 1851-1921, c1906 September 8. Head and shoulders portrait, facing left. [Lawyer and politician]

Mrs. Frank Vanderlip seated on porch, with two children, not after 1913. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Mrs. Frank Vanderlip seated on porch, with two children, not after 1913. [Narcissa Cox Vanderlip was a suffragist, president of the New York Infirmary for Women and Children

Bertrand Russell, British philosopher and author (1872-1970), sitting on the pavement with other protesters as part of a CND demonstration in London, under a large banner: Committee of 100

Anti-apartheid demo at Lord's
A street full of people outside Lord's cricket ground on the first day on the England v South Africa Second Test Match

Protest against Lions playing South Africa
Anti-Apartheid Movement demonstrators picketing in Twickenham to stop the British national rugby team playing against South Africa. Their placards read don't play with apartheid'. Date: c

Mike Terry Leader Speaking Annual General Meeting
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Anti-apartheid demonstrators
Anti-Apartheid Movement demonstrators behind barriers, holding placards reading Freedom for Mandela, Forward to freedom in Namibia and South Africa

Vanessa and Corin Redgrave, actors and political activists
Vanessa Redgrave (b 1937), with her brother Corin Redgrave (1939-2010) in the middle. Date: circa 1980s

Vanessa Redgrave, renowned English actress
Vanessa Redgrave (b 1937), renowned English actress of stage, screen and television, and political activist. Date: circa 1950s

Walter Sisulu, South African anti-apartheid activist
Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu (1912-2003), South African anti-apartheid activist and member of the African National Congress (ANC). Date: circa 1960s

Pete Seeger, American folk musician and singer-songwriter
Peter "Pete" Seeger (b 1919), American folk musician and singer-songwriter. From the 1960s onwards he has performed protest music in support of international disarmament

Scargill Arthur Speaking Speech Rhetoric Left
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Sylvia Syms, English actress, in demonstration
Sylvia Syms (b 1934), English actress, seen here taking part in a demonstration against the Apartheid Movement in South Africa

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"Activism: A Global Movement for Change" Revolutionary art takes center stage at the Museum of the Revolution in Havana, Cuba, showcasing the power of creativity as a catalyst for social change. From vibrant murals to thought-provoking sculptures, this museum serves as a testament to the indomitable spirit of activism. In Germany, Rosa Luxemburg emerges as an influential Marxist activist, challenging societal norms and fighting tirelessly for workers' rights. Her legacy continues to inspire generations striving for equality and justice. London becomes a hotbed of demonstrations, with Tariq Ali leading the charge. As a writer, journalist, and filmmaker, Ali fearlessly uses his platform to shed light on pressing issues and mobilize communities towards meaningful action. Mabel Tuke stands proudly as Joint Honourary Secretary of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in 1908. With unwavering determination, she advocates for women's suffrage and paves the way for future feminist movements worldwide. Bertrand Russell sits humbly on London's pavement alongside fellow protesters during a Committee of 100 demonstration against nuclear weapons. This British philosopher's commitment to peace resonates through time as he champions non-violent resistance against global threats. A London march against racialism unites diverse voices in solidarity against discrimination. Together they challenge systemic racism while fostering inclusivity and understanding within society. The fight against apartheid reaches Lord's cricket ground where passionate demonstrators demand justice and equality. Their unwavering stance sends ripples across nations determined to dismantle oppressive regimes. Even sports become battlegrounds for activism when protests erupt against Lions playing South Africa during apartheid years. Athletes use their platforms not only for competition but also as powerful tools advocating human rights globally. Mike Terry leads with conviction at annual general meetings where activists gather to strategize collective efforts towards change. His inspiring speeches galvanize individuals into action while strengthening community bonds that fuel the movement.