thepittsburghhistoryjournal:

Pennsylvania College for Women suffragette float, Pittsburgh, 1914 [University of Pittsburgh Digital Archives] 

On May 2, 1914, courageous women and men paraded through downtown Pittsburgh in support of the controversial topic of women’s right to vote. The PCW float attests to women’s fine qualities. The side panels read: HARMONY, LOVE, {probably} FAITH, SERVICE, and DEMOCRACY. The College Seal is affixed to the horse’s blanket. Mrs. Julian Kennedy, wife of the noted Pittsburgh engineer, led the procession. In addition to local suffragists, the parade consisted of councilmen, girls in white to represent suffrage states, professional women, Boy Scouts, a motorcade, and contingents from various regional and national associations.

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Happy Birthday Susan B. Anthony!

February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906

Convicted for Voting

Suffragette Susan B. Anthony registered and voted in the election of 1872 in Rochester, New York. As planned, she was arrested for “knowingly, wrongfully and unlawfully vot[ing] for a representative to the Congress of the United States,” convicted by the State of New York, and fined $100.

There never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers.––Susan B. Anthony, 1897

U.S. vs. Susan B. Anthony, Record of Conviction, 06/28/1873