peaceparade

Potentially the daughter of Benjamin A. Willis, Democratic U.S. Representative from New York.

Confirmed: "The Prettiest Suffragette in New York State," Portia Willis was born to a well-connected and politically active New York City family, circa 1887. The distinguished Civil War service of her father, Colonel Benjamin A. Willis, led to his election to the U.S. House of Representatives. Her mother, Lillie Evelynn Macauley Willis was prominent in the New York City social scene. — Portia Willis Fitzgerald Papers, 1868-1966 Her beauty is in evidence here:

More Bain photos of the NYC Woman's Peace Parade, 8/29/14:

Mrs. Howe appears to be Margaret Vale Howe (b. 1878) also seen here (different event): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Vale Mrs. Elmer Black was Madeleine Powell Black, chair of the American Peace and Arbitration League, frequently attending peace events at the international level; author of "Civilize the Nations" (1911). catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009009125 Mrs. Walston Brown was Eva Robert Ingersoll Brown (b. 1863); there's a photo of her younger, here: www.rgimuseum.org/ItemView.php?ItemID=101&ViewID=15 Mrs. Marion Burritt was actually Miss Marion T. Burritt, a Smith College graduate who was involved in the New York Peace Society.

Other Bain/LOC photos of the Woman's Peace Parade, 8/29/14:

pennylrichardsca: Thanks for providing us with the full names for some of the women shown in this picture. We'll include some of this information next time we update.

Popular US anti-war song of the time "I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier". (Of course a few years later the tide of public opinion turned, with the sinking of the Lusitania being a major turning point.) Ten million soldiers to the war have gone, Who may never return again. Ten million mother's hearts must break For the ones who died in vain. Head bowed down in sorrow In her lonely years, I heard a mother murmur thru' her tears: I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier, I brought him up to be my pride and joy. Who dares to place a musket on his shoulder, To shoot some other mother's darling boy? Let nations arbitrate their future troubles, It's time to lay the sword and gun away. There'd be no war today, If mothers all would say, "I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier." What victory can cheer a mother's heart, When she looks at her blighted home? What victory can bring her back All she cared to call her own? Let each mother answer In the years to be, Remember that my boy belongs to me! I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier To go fighting in some far-off foreign land. He may get killed before he's any older For a cause he'll never understand. Why should he fight in some rich man's battle While they stay home and while their time away? Let those with most to lose Fight each other if they choose; For I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier!

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman%27s_Peace_Party#Woman.27s_Pea... "Although the establishment of a permanent organization did not follow for more than four months, the roots of the Woman's Peace Party lay in a protest march of 1500 women in New York City on August 29, 1914. This "Woman's Peace Parade" was organized less than a month after the outbreak of hostilities in World War I and featured a silent procession down Fifth Avenue behind a white banner bearing a dove in front of somber crowds lining the streets." See www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/tags/peaceparade/ for the other pictures of the parade.

Other Bain/LOC photos of the New York City Woman's Peace Parade, 8/29/14: