U.S. Representative George Julian, photographed c. 1863 by Matthew Brady, was an early leader of the Republican Party from Indiana. In 1868, Julian introduced the first constitutional amendment for women’s suffrage in the House of Representatives. His autobiography dated his conversion to the cause of women’s suffrage to 1847, when he read British writer Harriet Martineau’s essay, “Political Non-Existence of Women.” His death at age 82 preceded the success of the Anthony Amendment by more than 20 years.
Source photograph: National Archives, Matthew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes.
Date: c. 1863 (1860–65)
U.S. Representative George Julian, photographed c. 1863 by Matthew Brady, was an early leader of the Republican Party from Indiana. In 1868, Julian introduced the first constitutional amendment for women’s suffrage in the House of Representatives. His autobiography dated his conversion to the cause of women’s suffrage to 1847, when he read British writer Harriet Martineau’s essay, “Political Non-Existence of Women.” His death at age 82 preceded the success of the Anthony Amendment by more than 20 years.
Source photograph: National Archives, Matthew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes.
Date: c. 1863 (1860–65)