margaretwycherly

Might be Harriet Burton Laidlaw (1873-1949) (Mrs. James Lee Laidlaw)? www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4034 oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~sch00682

This is part of the women's suffrage activities on July 5, 1915.
The New York Times account of the day says the group going to Bedloe's (Liberty) Island was taken there aboard the yacht Tourist. I think that is where this photo was taken.
query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60711FB3B5C13738...


The Times article says that Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw participated in the ceremony, so that's who we have in this one. Mr. James Lees Laidlaw was also present, as President of the Men's League.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Wycherly

A 1914 picture of Wycherly is at digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/...

New-York tribune., July 06, 1915, Page 5 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1915-07-06/ed-... has a picture probably taken at the same time. Margaret Wycherly read an "Appeal to Liberty" at the Statue of Liberty as part of a demonstration in favor of women suffrage.

For more on this image, see www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2713207?uid=3739704 Although a subscription is needed to see the full article, it is the first paragraph that is about this image as a symbol.

Part of the July 5, 1915 Women's Suffrage activities:

The New York Times account says she is dressed as "Goddess of Liberty", and here she's obviously copying the pose of the Statue of Liberty.

The base of the statue of Liberty. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Island

Bedloe's Island was the original name for the island where the Statue of Liberty stands today in New York harbor. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Island

Margaret Wycherly and Carrie Chapman Catt chatting at center: