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Retired U.S. Representative Shirley Chisholm seated, speaking to a group of people at George Mason University. Chisholm was the first Black woman elected to Congress in 1968, and she ran for President in 1972.

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Senator Joseph McCarthy checks his telephone for listening devices in this photo by Oliver Atkins for an article in The Saturday Evening Post entitled: “Why Has Washington Gone Crazy?” July 29, 1950.

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Speech by Virginia State Senator Emilie Miller supporting the withdrawl of state funding to VMI if it remained all-male. The court case regarding women's admission to the all-male VMI went to the US Supreme Court, which declared that excluding women…

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Protesters against the Indochina Peace Initiative event stand in front of the George Mason University Fairfax Campus sign, February 11, 1974.

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Pencil with inscription reading "Carrie Chapman Catt".

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Note from the Chair of Virginia's Equal Rights Amendment Ratification Council to Virginia State Senator Emilie F. Miller thanking her for supporting the ERA.

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National Lumber Manufacturers advertisement featuring a 1960s homemaker. Note the starburst motif on the door handle.

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Letter from Columbia Pictures’ executive Nathan B. Spingold to an E. Marcus of New York assuring him of Columbia Pictures’ disavowal of Communism, October 30, 1951.

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Members of the LWVFA pose for a photograph in early 1900s garb to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the organization in 1995.
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