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Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Photograph
c. 1893
National Portrait Gallery
Sallie E. Garrity
Andrew Johnson, Salmon P. Chase, William Henry Seward, Edwin M. Stanton and Gideon Welles

Andrew Johnson, Salmon P. Chase, William Henry Seward, Edwin M. Stanton and Gideon Welles

Print
1865-67
National Portrait Gallery
Peter S. Duval Lithograph Company
The Picnic

The Picnic

Drawing
1912
National Portrait Gallery
Marius de Zayas
W. E. B. Du Bois

W. E. B. Du Bois

Photograph
c. 1911
National Portrait Gallery
Addison N. Scurlock
Betty Friedan

Betty Friedan

Painting
1999
National Portrait Gallery
Byron Dobell
Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman

Photograph
1934
National Portrait Gallery
Carl Van Vechten
Carter and Opponents

Carter and Opponents

Painting
1976
National Portrait Gallery
Jack Davis
W. E. B. Du Bois

W. E. B. Du Bois

Print
1925
National Portrait Gallery
Winold Reiss
W. E. B. Du Bois

W. E. B. Du Bois

Photograph
1907
National Portrait Gallery
James E. Purdy
Frances Willard

Frances Willard

Painting
1971
National Portrait Gallery
George Rapp
Betty Friedan

Betty Friedan

Painting
1995
National Portrait Gallery
Alice Matzkin
Henry Highland Garnet

Henry Highland Garnet

Photograph
c. 1881
National Portrait Gallery
James U. Stead
George W. Jones and William Stockton

George W. Jones and William Stockton

Silhouette
1843
National Portrait Gallery
Auguste Edouart
J. Edgar Hoover and Emma Goldman

J. Edgar Hoover and Emma Goldman

Drawing
1993
National Portrait Gallery
Edward Sorel
Julia Ward Howe

Julia Ward Howe

Painting
begun c. 1910; completed c. 1925
National Portrait Gallery
John Elliott, William Henry Cotton

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