Lucy G. Branham of Maryland was a National Woman's Party organizer and a highly-educated woman who earned graduate degrees at Johns Hopkins and Columbia. In 1917, she was arrested while picketing as a Silent Sentinel at the White House and sentenced to 60 days in the Occoquan Workhouse. She and her fellow suffragists met the brutal and dehumanizing conditions with fierce defiance, protesting from within their cells.
Printed on acid-free archival paper, black mat board, ready for 8”x10” frame (frame not included)
Ell McEvory
Artist Statement
The Rise of the Divine Feminine Collection
Between 1917 and 1920, the suffragists rose up in an act of powerful defiance, embodying the divine feminine—a courageous energy of creation and change. Now, in 2025, it's time for us to rise again. We face new injustices that threaten the lives of our brown, Black, and LGBTQ neighbors. We had heroines—women just like us. This collection, The Rise of the Divine Feminine, serves as a tribute to these heroines and a reminder that the fight for freedom and equality is paved by those who dare to stand up.
Lucy G. Branham of Maryland was a National Woman's Party organizer and a highly-educated woman who earned graduate degrees at Johns Hopkins and Columbia. In 1917, she was arrested while picketing as a Silent Sentinel at the White House and sentenced to 60 days in the Occoquan Workhouse. She and her fellow suffragists met the brutal and dehumanizing conditions with fierce defiance, protesting from within their cells.
Printed on acid-free archival paper, black mat board, ready for 8”x10” frame (frame not included)
Ell McEvory
Artist Statement
The Rise of the Divine Feminine Collection
Between 1917 and 1920, the suffragists rose up in an act of powerful defiance, embodying the divine feminine—a courageous energy of creation and change. Now, in 2025, it's time for us to rise again. We face new injustices that threaten the lives of our brown, Black, and LGBTQ neighbors. We had heroines—women just like us. This collection, The Rise of the Divine Feminine, serves as a tribute to these heroines and a reminder that the fight for freedom and equality is paved by those who dare to stand up.
Records of the National Woman's Party
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
ID: hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mnwp.276031
