Archivo: F B Hilles152007v

Description: Informal portrait, three-quarter-length, Florence Bayard Hilles, standing outside in back of an automobile speaking to crowd, with right arm raised to emphasize a point, wearing long coat, wide-brimmed hat, scarf, and tricolor suffrage sash. Florence Bayard Hilles, of Newcastle, Del., was the daughter of Thomas Bayard, American ambassador to Great Britain and secretary of state under President Grover Cleveland. She was a munitions worker during World War I. After the war she engaged in reconstruction work in France. She was chairman of the Delaware Branch of the NWP and member of the national executive committee. Sh-e was arrested picketing the White House July 13, 1917, sentenced to 60 days in Occoquan Workhouse. She was pardoned by President Wilson after serving 3 days of her term. Doris Stevens, Jailed for Freedom (New York: Boni and Liveright, 1920), 361.
Title: F[lorence] B[ayard] Hilles.
Credit: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mnwp.152007
Author: Harris & Ewing, Washington, D.C. (Photographer)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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