Alice Paul Memorial March in Washington, D.C.
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Request permissionsDownload image PrintHeld to commemorate the life and work of Alice Paul, who successfully campaigned for women's suffrage in 1917-1918 and played a major role in the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment (19th Amendment or Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution which prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex. President Jimmy Carter meets with leaders of 80 women's groups to sign a proclamation designating August 26 as Women's Equality Day.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-009, Image No. 77-11659
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
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SIA Acc. 11-009 [77-11659]
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