elizabethfreeman

This appears to be Elizabeth Freeman (waving, head turned, holding flag), followed by the five "Suffrage news girls" as seen here:
(the news girls appear in the same order in both photographs)

"Suffrage news girls - Liz Freeman (LOC)" by Library of Congress

NYTimes reported in 1913: "HEMPSTEAD, L.I., May 22. -- The townsfolk here are waiting with much curiosity for the suffrage pageant which Gen. Rosalie Jones has arranged for next Saturday afternoon. On that day those interested in the suffrage cause, will march from Mineola to this place. At the trolley junction the parade will be reviewed by Assemblyman O'Keefe and officials of Nassau County." Two days later, also in the New York Times: "Hempstead, N.Y., May 24. -- Three miles of public highway between Mineola and Hempstead were crowded this afternoon with a long line of automobiles from all parts of Nassau County as they followed the suffrage pageant, in which 500 women and a few men marched as enthusiastic upholders of the cause."

There seem to be conflicting dates: New York Times article (above) dated May 22d (a Thursday) ... reports the pageant will be "next Saturday afternoon" (May 24, 1913) ["The parade will start from Mineola at 2:15 o'clock."]. The second New York Times article, dated May 24, 1913, refers to pageant taking place "this afternoon" (Saturday). The date etched into the Bain News Service negative (above) -- as well as on some other negatives apparently taken at the same time -- is "May 25, 1913" (Sunday). Some, such as "Suffrage news girls", appear to bear a date of "May 26, 1913" (Monday).

I wonder if the parade/pageant ran for several days? A march one day, a festival-type event in Hempstead the next day or two?

Pixel Wrangler and pennylrichardsca: Thanks for the additional information and the alert about the conflicting dates. We'll at least update the source data to add the year of the parade for this and the other related images of the event that you've identified.

Interesting picture. I like the uniforms these ladies are wearing

Elizabeth Freeman (center) (holding flag) "Elizabeth Freeman (1876-1942), was a suffragist and civil rights activist. Her name, and signature, is often given as "Elisabeth". [1] "The family emigrated to the United States and the family lived on Long Island in New York, where her mother, Mary Hall Freeman, worked for an orphanage. In 1913 she took part in the national Suffrage Hike to the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson in Washington, District of Columbia. She dressed as a gypsy and drove a yellow, horse-drawn wagon that was stenciled with Votes for Women symbols and it carried pro-suffrage literature. --Wikipedia

Probably the Long Island Suffrage Pageant, 23 May 1913 (from context with other surrounding photos).

Frendship to all

I made a purse out of this image!

August, 1913: Before the Suffragette Caravan left New York for Boston, pulled by a balky horse that the ladies had named "Asquith," (after the British prime minister, who also had been balky in offering support to the cause of woman suffrage) the participants (three British suffragettes and Ida Craft, an American Salvation Army colonel, with tambourine) released several homing pigeons, whose flight back to Boston was supposed to precede and herald their own arrival in that city. Here is a contemporary newspaper clipping about the event: www.elizabethfreeman.org/PDF/suffrage/bostonPigeons_big.pdf Sign on wagon front says: BUY - ONLY - 5c WEEKLY THE - WOMEN'S - JOURNAL ALL - THE - LATEST - NEWS ON WOMAN'S - SUFFRAGE ______________________ Signs on side of wagon front: VOTES FOR WOMEN THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL -------- GIVE - WOMEN THE VOTE - QUICK

Wonderful.

Wystan: Thanks for linking to the information about this event. We will add to the description when we update.

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