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Banner Poles, c. 1915-1920:
Thousands of women picketed the White House, their banners hung on these poles. Painted black with gold filials, these thin wooden poles were often the only defense against attacking crowds and police officers. Banners were torn away, but the picketers proudly bore the banner poles as a symbol of their fight for equality.
"Suddenly one of the banners disappeared; another and another until six of them were destroyed; the bare poles proceeded on their way however."
-- Inez Haynes Irwin, The Story of the Woman's Party |