Savagery to "civilization"

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01/11/2012

Savagery to "civilization"

Illustration shows Iroquois women on a rock overlooking women marching with a banner labeled "Woman Suffrage". Includes brief text about the rights of Iroquois women. Caption: "The Indian Women, We whom you pity as drudges, reached centuries ago the goal that you are now nearing."

Date & Place: 1914

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