Photograph of suffragettes in front of the Capitol. Another trend in suffragette fashion was the lingerie dress, which was popular daywear throughout the 1910s, as well as the previous decades. Lingerie dresses were characterized by a typically white lightweight fabric with laces, ribbons, and ruffles as decorative elements.

Subject

Women for Reform

Creator

Harris & Ewing

Source

Harris & Ewing, photographer. WOMAN SUFFRAGE. SUFFRAGETTES AT CAPITOL. United States Washington D.C., 1914. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016865707/ 

Collection

Women in Action

Citation

Harris & Ewing, “Suffragettes at the Capitol
Washington, D.C.
1914,” Keeping Up in Kansas: Women's Fashion in the 1910s, accessed July 6, 2023, https://ccrsdigitalprojects.com/suffragettes-at-the-capitol-washington-dc-1914 

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