These women were trailblazers in the air and on the ground. A sisterhood of leaders overcoming obstacles and leaving a legacy of freedom and the right to be whomever you wanted to be.
“Women are going to form a chain, a greater sisterhood than the world has ever known.”
― Nellie L. McClung
― Nellie L. McClung
“Militant Suffragists” 1911: Annie Kenney (left) and Christabel Pankhurst (right). were sentenced to pay twenty-five dollar fines each or serve sixty days in the Occoquan “workhouse.” Three days earlier, they had engaged in “unlawful assembly” . Image from Life at The Hall.
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Headquarters of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage.
Headquarters of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage.
Photo by: Library of Congress
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“Wherever you find a great man, you will find a great mother or a great wife standing behind him -- or so they used to say. It would be interesting to know how many great women have had great fathers and husbands behind them.”
― Dorothy L. Sayers
― Dorothy L. Sayers
 Circa 1900. "Women on swing." North America glass negative. Image from: Lettis
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Image from: Comfort Quotes
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