Penny Richards' photos with the keyword: suffragette

Secondhand bag upcycled with gesso, paints, sharpies, inks, modpodge, krylon. Image of Helen Hamilton Gardener from the US National Archives uploads (see below).

Thrifted Lancaster leather backpack, upcycled with freezer-paper stencil, gesso, acrylic paints, sharpies. modpodge, krylon. Emmeline Pankhurst image from the Library of Congress uploads to Flickr Commons (see below).

Tested my freezer-paper stencil on a t-shirt (which I use for experiments, maybe you can tell from the varieties of dye in the background--it used to be a white shirt). Emmeline Pankhurst image from the Library of Congress uploads to Flickr Commons (see below).

Freezer-paper stencil I played with today. Emmeline Pankhurst image from the Library of Congress uploads to Flickr Commons (see below).

Thrifted black purse, upcycled with gesso, paint, paper collage, sharpies, ink, modpodge, and krylon. Image is from the Library of Congress uploads in Flickr Commons, showing four of the Suffrage Hikers (1913): Elisabeth Freeman, Vera Wentworth, Elsie McKenzie, and Ida Craft. (see below) SOLD 1/10.

Thrifted black purse, upcycled with gesso, paint, paper collage, sharpies, ink, modpodge, and krylon. Image is from the Library of Congress uploads in Flickr Commons, showing four of the Suffrage Hikers (1913): Elisabeth Freeman, Vera Wentworth, Elsie McKenzie, and Ida Craft. (see below) SOLD 1/10.

Thrifted black purse, upcycled with gesso, paint, paper collage, sharpies, ink, modpodge, and krylon. Image is from the Library of Congress uploads in Flickr Commons, showing four of the Suffrage Hikers (1913): Elisabeth Freeman, Vera Wentworth, Elsie McKenzie, and Ida Craft. (see below) SOLD 1/10.

Most of my purses have a text box like this somewhere (on the bottom or under a flap) that explains the subject's name and achievements.

Upcycled purse painted, collaged, sharpied, and kryloned. Image is from the Library of Congress uploads at Flickr Commons (see below). Glenna Smith Tinnin (1877-1945) was a theatre professional who directed some of the major suffrage parades and pageants of the 1910s. SOLD, 6/09.

Made my sash for my Halloween costume--I'm a 1912-era suffragette (dressed all in white, as many did for parades and demonstrations). I'm still working on the hat and a protest sign demanding passage of the 19th Amendment...\ This costume was partly inspired by the Library of Congress Flickr Commons project, which uploads 50 news photos from 1910-1915 every Friday--I'm addicted, look forward to seeing what new treasures will appear every Friday. Many feature suffrage demonstrations and events, but others are sports related, or coverage of famous trials, or newsmakers visiting New York, or natural disasters... you name it. Check it out!

Recycling the accessories from my Halloween costume last year, for "historical figures" day at school today. Turned out, her teacher also dressed as a suffragette! We spent our walk to school talking about the suffrage movement, and how there are still places where women can't vote yet. Teachable moments. Sign and sash are homemade. Sash is three lengths of ribbon assembled with lots of masking tape as backing, and iron-on letters.

My finished homemade suffragette costume. I'm going to wear it all day, wherever I go, and then out to trick-or-treat with the kids tonight .