Catherine Flanagan
SubjectPortrait of
Catherine Flanagan
American, 1888 - 1927
Date1920
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions: 5 × 7in. (12.7 × 17.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Lynn Ferrari
DescriptionBlack and white Harris & Ewing photograph of Catherine Flanagan of Hartford, one of the national organizers of the National Woman’s Party, entering the US State Department with Connecticut’s official certificate of ratification of the 19th amendment. Flanagan is standing on the steps of the US State Department looking towards the entrance of the building.
Object number2017.86.16
CopyrightCopyright held by Harris & Ewing
InscribedPrinted in white on front: "© HARRIS & EWING" Typed on paper affixed to back: "Miss Catherine Flanagan, of Hartford, Conn., one of / the national organizers of the National Woman's Party. / entering the State Department with Connecticut's official / certificate of ratification of the suffrage amendment. She / was chosen by the suffragists of that state to take the docu- / ment to Secretary Colby. She worked in the nutmeg state / in the campaign for ratification."
Stamped in purple on back: " REFERENCE DEPT. / SEP 17 1920 / N. E. A."NotesCatherine Flanagan was chosen by her peers to deliver the ratification to US Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby.
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