Mary Winsor (Penn.) '17 [holding Suffrage Prisoners banner]

The piece is a photograph from 1917 of Mary Winsor, a leading suffragist in the early 20th century movement, holding a protest sign in Washington D.C. in support of the National Women’s Party. The photo was taken by Harris & Ewing, a studio that was based in Washington D.C. The sign reads, “To ask freedom for women is not a crime… suffrage prisoners should not be treated as criminals.” This sign advocated for those arrested for protesting for women’s voting rights and was part of a movement that drew attention to the wrongful treatment of women under the justice system. It shows how design can be used to promote a political movement. From the Library of Congress: records of the National Women's Party.