Permit granted to Equal Suffrage League of Virginia to hold public meetings in the street, June 23, 1915.
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Permit granted to Equal Suffrage League of Virginia to hold public meetings in the street, June 23, 1915.
Description
Permit issued by the Mayor of Richmond, Va. allowing the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia to hold public meetings on the streets and in the parks of the city.
On May 1, 1915, the ESL were denied permission to speak on city streets by Mayor Ainslie, on the grounds that, while there was no law forbidding them to speak, neither was there one that allowed him to grant them a permit. The women proceeded to give speeches from inside an automobile. The event was documented and reported by the Richmond Times-Dispatch on May, 2, 1915.
Photographs from the May 1 rally may be found in the Social Welfare History Image Portal.
On May 1, 1915, the ESL were denied permission to speak on city streets by Mayor Ainslie, on the grounds that, while there was no law forbidding them to speak, neither was there one that allowed him to grant them a permit. The women proceeded to give speeches from inside an automobile. The event was documented and reported by the Richmond Times-Dispatch on May, 2, 1915.
Photographs from the May 1 rally may be found in the Social Welfare History Image Portal.
Source
M 9 Box 233, Adele Goodman Clark papers, 1849 - 1978, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
Date
1915 June 23
Contributor
Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
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Notes
Learn more:
Suffrage, Social Welfare History Image Portal
Suffrage at 100. A visual history. New York Times.
Wheeler, M. (1992). Mary Johnston, Suffragist. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 100(1), 99-118.
Suffrage, Social Welfare History Image Portal
Suffrage at 100. A visual history. New York Times.
Wheeler, M. (1992). Mary Johnston, Suffragist. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 100(1), 99-118.
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Citation
“Permit granted to Equal Suffrage League of Virginia to hold public meetings in the street, June 23, 1915.,” Social Welfare History Image Portal, accessed April 20, 2024, https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/532.