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Women’s Suffrage Parade Shown Passing by Church, October 29, 1908

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In this photograph, taken in Boone, Iowa on October 29, 1908, a suffrage parade made up of people carrying banners and flags passes by a large church. One banner reads: “TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION IS TYRANNY. AS TRUE NOW AS IN 1776.”
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In this photograph, taken in Boone, Iowa on October 29, 1908, a suffrage parade made up of people carrying banners and flags passes by a large church. One banner held by a parade marcher reads: “Taxation Without Representation Is Tyranny. As True Now As In 1776.” 

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Source-Dependent Questions

  • In 1908, Boone, Iowa, is a town of approximately 10,000 people. Use evidence from the photograph to infer the type of support suffragists have in the town.
  • A parade participant near the middle of the photograph is holding a banner that reads: “Taxation Without Representation Is Tyranny. As True Now As In 1776." What statement is she making with this banner? Why does the right to vote matter to her?
  • Continue considering the “Taxation Without Representation Is Tyranny. As True Now As In 1776.” sign. Is it appropriate to compare the struggle for women’s suffrage to declaring independence from Great Britain? Why or why not?