Norwegian Suffrage Demonstration for American Women, New York, 1913

Demonstration by Norwegian women in New York City in 1913 in support of voting rights for American women. Public domain evidence: The photographer Arthur Gran can be identified as Arthur Gran Amundsen (1887–1934) through the following records: * 1891 Norwegian census - Marthine Amundsen, born in Mandal in 1856, is listed with her son Arthur Gran Amundsen, born in Horten in 1887. * Photograph NF.26939-002, DigitaltMuseum/Norsk Folkemuseum - credits Arthur Gran as photographer and identifies Martine Amundsen Gran from Mandal as a participant in the photographed demonstration. The photograph is described as belonging to a series from a borrowed private family album. This connects the photographer Arthur Gran with his mother, Martine Amundsen Gran, independently identified as his mother in the Norwegian census. * Malling genealogy, p. 143 - records Eva Gran, born 17 March 1921 in New York, as the daughter of Arthur Gran and Sigrid Bergseng. * Arthur Gran obituary, The New York Times, 3 December 1934, p. 17 - records the death of Arthur Gran on 2 December 1934 and names his widow Sigrid Gran and daughter Eva. It also identifies him as a leader in New York's Norwegian community. The matc

Date

1913-01-01

Photographer / author

Arthur Gran

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

Type

image

Original size

1,200 × 908 pixels

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