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| Keywords: Mrs. John Rogers 156010v.jpg This photograph shows Mrs John Rogers sister-in-law of former Secretary of War Stimpson Stimson and a member of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Women Suffrage speaking Summary Open-air photograph of Elizabeth S Rogers speaking half-length in profile wearing fur coat and hat A man in bowler hat and a woman in hat with scarf securing it to her head partially visible in lower left and lower right corners of print Building Corcoran Museum of Art in background Elizabeth S Rogers Mrs John Rogers Jr of New York City was the wife of a prominent thyroid specialist and a descendent of Roger Sherman signer of the Declaration of Independence She was a civic reformer working to improve New York public schools and win suffrage in the state of New York before joining the national suffrage movement She was chairman of the Advisory Council of the NWP and one of the most forceful speakers in the Prison Special tour of the country during which suffragists spoke of experience in jail She was arrested July 14 1917 picketing the White House and was sentenced to 60 days in Occoquan Workhouse but was pardoned by President Woodrow Wilson after three days Source Doris Stevens Jailed for Freedom New York Boni and Liveright 1920 367 Buck Photographer 1913 Mar Back of print is labeled by hand in pencil Mrs John Rogers--speaking in front of old Corcoran Art Gallery and on front in red pen Buck 32 Rogers was the sister-in-law of Henry Lewis Stimson 1867-1950 Title transcribed from item 1 photograph print 4 5 x 6 5 in accession number Call Number Location National Woman's Party Records Group I Container I 156 Folder Rogers Elizabeth S Mrs John Source Collection Records of the National Woman's Party institution Library of Congress Manuscript Division http //hdl loc gov/loc mss/mnwp 156010 PD-old suffragettes March 1913 in Washington D C Fur fashion in 1913 Renwick Gallery | ||||
