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Women Voters Frisco - Registering shop girls & clerks (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 3 older comments, and then…
• Matthew Coan said:

  That dude on the right hasn't yet got the concept: He thinks it's a peep show. Great image!

• rockcreek said:

  Wish I knew the proper names of some of the feathered hats these women are wearing to add them as tags - some interesting fashion history in this shot!

• Joe said:

  This photo most likely dates from 1911 or soon after. Though the legislature of California passed a bill granting women the vote as early as 1893, it was vetoed by Governor Henry Markham. In 1896, a referendum to legalize woman suffrage in the state failed. It was not until the election of October, 1911, that another referendum passed by a large margin, and California's women voted for the first time later that year.

• The Library of Congress said:

  Whyaduck: Thanks for the information about the probable date. We'll add the information in the source data and reload the description.

• Harry Angstrom said:

  I work in San Francisco. Nobody around here calls it "Frisco". Ever.