No more messenger boys for the National Woman's Party--from president to messenger all the members of the staff are feminine. This is in accordance with the stipulation of Mrs. Belmont when she donated the National Women's [i.e., Woman's] Party headquarters. Photo of Julia Obear, messenger – Historic Photograph Print
![No more messenger boys for the National Woman's Party--from president to messenger all the members of the staff are feminine. This is in accordance with the stipulation of Mrs. Belmont when she donated the National Women's [i.e., Woman's] Party headquarters. Photo of Julia Obear, messenger, 1922 Oct. 21. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/47/47e0e12f8bef-L.webp)
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This historic photograph of No more messenger boys for the National Woman's Party--from president to messenger all the members of the staff are feminine. This is in accordance with the stipulation of Mrs. Belmont when she donated the National Women's [i.e., Woman's] Party headquarters. Photo of Julia Obear, messenger brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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No more messenger boys for the National Woman's Party--from president to messenger all the members of the staff are feminine. This is in accordance with the stipulation of Mrs. Belmont when she donated the National Women's [i.e., Woman's] Party headquarters. Photo of Julia Obear, messenger
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Julia Obear, pictured here as a messenger for the National Woman's Party, was one of the women who took over a job usually given to boys. The caption states the party's rule: from president to messenger, every staff member was a woman, as stipulated by Mrs. Belmont when she donated the party's headquarters. Taken in October 1922, two years after the Nineteenth Amendment gave women the vote, the photograph makes a public point about women's place in paid work. Bicycle messengers were a familiar sight on city streets, so a woman in that role was worth documenting.
| Created / published | 1922 Oct. 21. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1920-1930. |
| Notes | National Photo Company Collection. No. 20878. |
| Subjects | Obear, Julia. Women--Employment--1920-1930. Messengers--1920-1930. Bicycles & tricycles--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,318 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-213389 |
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