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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.

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.

A page from United States census information from 1790. This record contains information regarding number of "Free White Females".

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…

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

Pencil with inscription reading "Carrie Chapman Catt".

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.

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

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.

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