Keywords: Mrs. Wm Kent, 275002v.jpg Mrs Wm Kent wife of Representative Kent of California who is actively working with the Woman's Party against President Wilson Mr Kent is national chairman of the Wilson Non-Partisan League Harris Ewing Washington D C Photographer ca 1916-1917 Feb 7 Summary Informal portrait full-length Elizabeth T Kent facing forward standing outdoors wearing hat with ribbons fur stole and dress cinched ay waist with sash and large bow Title and information transcribed from item Verso Please return to Caroline Katzenstein 35 So 9th St Transcribed from related photograph Mrs William Kent a member of the Executive Committee of the National Woman's Party chairman of the headquarters maintainence maintenance committee and one of the largest contributors to the party She is the wife of the former Congressman Kent who recently resigned his post as a member of the Tariff Commission to run for United States senator from California The Kents are well known in Chicago as well as in Kentfield Calif their home and in the national capital Mrs Kent has lobbied for suffrage in Washington took part in the Woman's Party campaign preceding the presidential election in 1916 and has been active in the campaign for ratification of the suffrage amendment Cropped version of the photograph published in The Suffragist 5 no 56 Feb 7 1917 7; The Suffragist 5 no 58 Mar 3 1917 10; The Suffragist 7 no 25 June 28 1919 9; and The Suffragist 8 no 5 June 1920 n p 1 photograph print; 7 x 5 in accession number Call Number Location National Woman's Party Records Group II Container II 275 Folder Individual Photographs Nos 209-218 K Source Collection Records of the National Woman's Party institution Library of Congress Manuscript Division http //hdl loc gov/loc mss/mnwp 275002 PD-Harris-Ewing suffragettes Suffragettes wearing fur Kent W Fur fashion in 1916 |