Promotional piece that reads Official program woman suffrage process, Washington, D.C., March 3, 1913. A woman in long medieval robes rides a decorated white horse. She is blowing a long herald trumpet with a banner attached that reads Votes for women. Women in flowing gowns follow in line behind her. The U.S. Capitol Building is in the background.
Library of Congress, LC-USZC4-2996
What would this image convey to someone from the early 1900s about the suffrage movement?
It was a link to the past.
It was a noble cause.
It was a threat to freedom.
It was costly to the nation.