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Primary Sources and Picture Books: Around America to Win the Vote by Mara Rockliff
Album Description
Primary sources that can accompany the book Around America to Win the Vote by Mara Rockliff, the story of two women who traveled across the US in 1916 to promote women's suffrage.
Suffragettes - Mrs. Alice Burke and Nell Richardson in the suffrage automobile
Reference link: https://www.loc.gov/item/2001704319/
Reference note
Created / Published: 1916 April 7.
Notes: - Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item.
- LOT subdivision subject: Women's suffrage in the United States - Activities, 1915-1917.
- George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
- Notable Amer. Women, 1607-1950; Who's W. in Nation's Capitol; Burke, Alice Suitjer[?] (Natl Amer. Woman Suff. As.); R- N. R-, Nellie (Simpson) 1871-poet.
- Caption card tracings: BI; Women Suffrage; Autos 1916 Shelf.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id: cph 3b10974 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b10974
Miss Richardson and Mrs. A.S. Burke
Reference link: https://www.loc.gov/item/ggb2005021393/
Reference note
Summary: Photograph shows suffragists Mrs. Alice S. Burke and Miss Neil Richardson in New York at the start of a cross country automobile trip on April 6, 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)
Contributor Names: Bain News Service, publisher
Created / Published: 1916 April 6 (date created or published later by Bain)
Notes: - Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
- Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
- General information about the Bain Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: ggbain 21396 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.21396
"Golden Flyer" leaving N.Y., 4/6/16
Reference link: https://www.loc.gov/item/ggb2005021388/
Reference note
Summary: Photograph shows suffragists Mrs. Alice S. Burke and Miss Neil Richardson in New York at the start of a cross country automobile trip on April 6, 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)
Contributor Names: Bain News Service, publisher
Created / Published: 4/6/16 (date created or published later by Bain)
Notes: - Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
- Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
- General information about the Bain Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: ggbain 21391 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.21391
April 17, 196 New York Tribune (New York, NY) (first diary entry)g
Teaching Notes
Alice Burke's first entry documenting her trip.
April 23, 1916 New York Tribune (New York, NY) (second diary entry)
Teaching Notes
Second article from Alice Burke with accounts of their trip.
May 2, 1916 New York Tribune (New York, NY) (third diary entry)
Teaching Notes
Third entry by Alice Burke accounting her trip.
New York Tribune (New York, NY) (fourth diary entry?) (cat a gift in Mobile, AL?)
Teaching Notes
Believed to be Alice Burke's fourth diary entry and mentions the cat that traveled with them.
May 29, 1916 New York Tribune (NY NY) (fifth diary entry?)
Teaching Notes
Fifth found entry from Alice Burke with accounts of their travels.
June 4, 1916 New York Tribune (NY NY) (6th diary entry?)
Teaching Notes
Possibly sixth entry from Alice Burke with accounts of their travels.
Chronicling America Topics Page on Alice Burke and Nell Richardson's travels
