Mrs. Stephen Pell Sarah Thompson Pell, 777 Madison Av, NYC, Finance Ch air of National Woman's Party

Summary: Head-and-shoulders portrait of Sarah Thompson Pell, facing right, wearing dark dress with white lace collar, necklace and earrings. Descriptive label on alternate item: Mrs. Stephen Pell of New York City is a member of the national council of the National Woman's Party. She is the daughter of Col. Robert M. Thompson, many years president of the Navy League of the United States and twice president of the Olympic games. Her maternal grandfather, William G. Gibbs, was twice governor of the state of Rhode Island. Mrs. Pell's husband is a member of the old New York family by that name. They have two sons. "In 1913," states Mrs. Pell, "I became interested in equality of men and women before the law and have held to this idea ever since. In 1922 I found this principle embodied in the purpose of the National Woman's Party and immediately joined the organization."

Date

1910–1920

Photographer / author

W. Burden Stage (Photographer)

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

Type

image

Original size

2,297 × 3,101 pixels

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