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Portrait of Frederick Douglass by John H. Kent, 1874.

Portrait of Frederick Douglass by James LeClear, newly discovered in a scrapbook at the Rochester Public Library.

Portrait of Emma B. Sweet. Sweet became a leader in the Rochester Political Equality Club in the early 20th century.

Portrait of Abigail Bush seated at a table.

Poem written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton in honor of Susan B. Anthony’s 80th birthday, February 15, 1900.

This photograph depicts the inside of a Harper Method hair studio. One woman sits in a chair while two other women stand brushing her hair. A reclining shampoo chair and other tools are visible in the picture.

Photograph of a group of Dunbar Red Cross workers.

Photograph of Susan B. Anthony

Photograph of men and women marching in support of woman suffrage. From the Rochester Women’s Educational and Industrial Union records, 1893-1993.

Photograph of Nellie L. McElroy, left, and other unknown women. McElroy, Rochester's first policewoman, was active in a variety of local social welfare and reform efforts. Here she is selling surplus Army ham, 1919.