Activists Collection

Demonstration in London -- Tariq Ali (b. 1943, centre), writer, journalist and filmmaker, linking arms with others and walking along a road

Crossing into Illinois, editorial cartoon, 1913 (print)
4073055 Crossing into Illinois, editorial cartoon, 1913 (print) by McCutcheon, John Tinney (1870-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: Crossing into Illinois, 1913 editorial cartoon by John T)

W.D. Haywood leads Lowell strike parade, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
W.D. Haywood leads Lowell strike parade, 1912. Shows William Dudley (Big Bill) Haywood, an American labor movement leader, marching with strikers in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Jessie Wilson, Margaret Wilson, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Eleanor Randolph Wilson, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Jessie Wilson, Margaret Wilson, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Eleanor Randolph Wilson, 1912.

Mrs. John Sherwin Crosby, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. John Sherwin Crosby, 1911.

Mrs. Nellie van Slingerland, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. Nellie van Slingerland, 1914.

Mrs. Pankhurst in doorway, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. Pankhurst in doorway, 1913.

Maxim Gorky, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Maxim Gorky, 1910.

Mrs. Millicent Fawcett, portrait bust, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. Millicent Fawcett, portrait bust, 1913.

Little Falls, Phil. Caley speaking on "Permitted" corner, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Little Falls, Phil. Caley speaking on "Permitted" corner, between c1910 and c1915.

Mrs. Pankhurst in Wall St., 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. Pankhurst in Wall St., 1911. Shows a woman suffrage meeting in New York City, where British suffragist leader Emmeline Pankhurst addressed a crowd near the Subtreasury Building on Wall Street

Helen Keller, standing next to tree, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Helen Keller, standing next to tree, 1912.

Mrs. J. Hardy Stubbs, Miss Ida Craft, Miss Rosalie Jones, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. J. Hardy Stubbs, Miss Ida Craft, Miss Rosalie Jones, between c1910 and c1915. Shows 3 suffragists with bag "Votes for Women pilgrim leaflets."

Irving Bertman presents flowers to Helen Keller, Flower Show, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Irving Bertman presents flowers to Helen Keller, Flower Show, 1913. Shows Helen Keller (1880-1968) with her teacher Anne Sullivan Macy (1866-1936)

Lucretia (Coffin) Mott, American social reformer
NWI4950123 Lucretia (Coffin) Mott, American social reformer.; (add.info.: Lucretia (Coffin) Mott, American social reformer.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1850
3478056 Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1850; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet, of Brayton (1829-1906) an English temperance campaigner and radical

Portrait of Giuseppe Mazzini
673276 Portrait of Giuseppe Mazzini; (add.info.: Giuseppe Mazzini 1805 - 10 March 1872, Italian politician, journalist and activist for the unification of Italy)

Henry Grattan (1746 - 1820) Irish politician and member of the Irish House of Commons
3522467 Henry Grattan (1746 - 1820) Irish politician and member of the Irish House of Commons; (add.info.: Henry Grattan (1746 - 1820)

The rights of man, 1791
1574910 The rights of man, 1791; (add.info.: The rights of man or Tommy Paine, the little American Taylor, taking the measure of the crown, for a new pair of revolution-breeches)

British suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst arrested and carried away by a policeman for leading suffragettes attempt to
534074 British suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst arrested and carried away by a policeman for leading suffragettes attempt to present a petition to King George V at Buckingham Palace

William Morris, 1834 - 1896
3083235 William Morris, 1834 - 1896.; Private Collection; (add.info.: English textile designer, poet, novelist, translator, and socialist activist)

Portrait of Giuseppe Mazzini
3523990 Portrait of Giuseppe Mazzini; (add.info.: Portrait of Giuseppe Mazzini (1805-1872) an Italian politician, journalist and activist for the unification of Italy

Emmeline Pankhurst (1857-1928), 1903 (b/w photo)
864233 Emmeline Pankhurst (1857-1928), 1903 (b/w photo); (add.info.: Emmeline Pankhurst (1857-1928) English suffragette, founder of Women's Franchise League (1889)

Portrait of Giuseppe Mazzini
673278 Portrait of Giuseppe Mazzini; (add.info.: Giuseppe Mazzini 1805 - 10 March 1872, Italian politician, journalist and activist for the unification of Italy)

Adam Bernard Mickiewicz, 1840
1577992 Adam Bernard Mickiewicz, 1840; (add.info.: Illustration by Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (1798-1855) Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator, Professor of Slavic Literature

Giuseppe Mazzini, 1805 - 1872
3083257 Giuseppe Mazzini, 1805 - 1872.; Private Collection; (add.info.: Italian politician, journalist and activist for the unification of Italy. Hand writing sample and signature.)

Lydia Maria Child portrait
NWI4950529 Lydia Maria Child portrait.; (add.info.: Lydia Maria Child portrait.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, with her autograph
NWI4950451 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, with her autograph.; (add.info.: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, with her autograph.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Minna Canth
3078274 Minna Canth; (add.info.: Portrait of Minna Canth (1844-1897) a Finnish writer and social activist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The Irish Rebellion of 1916 showing the wreckage of barriers and burnt out cars in Dublin
3058446 The Irish Rebellion of 1916 showing the wreckage of barriers and burnt out cars in Dublin. Inset Sir Roger Casement, 1864 - 1916

Adam Bernard Mickiewicz, 1851
1577140 Adam Bernard Mickiewicz, 1851; (add.info.: Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (1798 - 1855) was a Polish poet, translator, professor of Slavic literature, and political activist

Portrait of Giuseppe Mazzini
673279 Portrait of Giuseppe Mazzini; (add.info.: Giuseppe Mazzini 1805 - 10 March 1872, Italian politician, journalist and activist for the unification of Italy)

Louise Otto-Peters, German writer, suffragist and women's rights activist (b/w photo)
8626414 Louise Otto-Peters, German writer, suffragist and women's rights activist (b/w photo) by German Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Thomas Attwood
5308284 Thomas Attwood.; (add.info.: Portrait of Thomas Attwood (1783-1856) a British banker, economist, political campaigner and Member of Parliament. Dated 19th century

French illustration depicting a campaigner for universal suffrage sabotaging a railway train. Circa 1840
5304850 French illustration depicting a campaigner for universal suffrage sabotaging a railway train. Circa 1840; (add.info)

Dorothea Dix, with autograph
NWI4950004 Dorothea Dix, with autograph.; (add.info.: Dorothea Dix, with autograph.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Portrait of Karl von Rotteck, 19th century (engraving)
3521742 Portrait of Karl von Rotteck, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Portrait of Karl von Rotteck (1775-1840) German political activist, historian

Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1850
3478047 Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1850; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet, of Brayton (1829-1906) an English temperance campaigner and radical

Thomas Paine, 1776
1574907 Thomas Paine, 1776; (add.info.: Thomas Paine was an English-American political activist, author, political theorist and revolutionary)

Portrait of Huch Price Hughes
672671 Portrait of Huch Price Hughes; (add.info.: Huch Price Hughes - Woodbury Hugh Price Hughes (9 February 1847 - 17 November 1902), was a Welsh Christian theologian in the Methodist tradition

Suffrage Hay wagon, USA c.1910-5 (b/w photo)
1128830 Suffrage Hay wagon, USA c.1910-5 (b/w photo); Private Collection

George Bernard Shaw, 1856 - 1950). Irish playwright, critic, political activist and Nobel Prizewinner
3058420 George Bernard Shaw, 1856 - 1950). Irish playwright, critic, political activist and Nobel Prizewinner. From The Story of 25 Eventful Years in Pictures, published 1935

1776 - Retouching an Old Masterpiece - 1915, Life magazine cover, 1st July 1915 (colour litho)
3709799 1776 - Retouching an Old Masterpiece - 1915, Life magazine cover, 1st July 1915 (colour litho) by Stahr, Paul C. (1883-1953); Private Collection; (add.info)

Christabel and Emmeline Pankhurst, 1903 (photo)
3305193 Christabel and Emmeline Pankhurst, 1903 (photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dame Christabel Harriette Pankhurst, DBE (1880 - 1958), was a suffragette born in Manchester, England

Emmeline Pankhurst being arrested outside Buckingham Palace in 1914 (b/w photo)
3058440 Emmeline Pankhurst being arrested outside Buckingham Palace in 1914 (b/w photo); (add.info.: Seen here being arrested)

Emmeline Pankhurst carrying a petition from the Third Women's Parliament to the Prime Minister on February 13th
STC321032 Emmeline Pankhurst carrying a petition from the Third Women's Parliament to the Prime Minister on February 13th

Suf. [i.e. suffrage] parade, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Suf. [i.e. suffrage] parade, 1917. Shows women carrying a ballot box in a women's suffrage parade, New York City, Oct. 27, 1917

H.C. Wallace, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
H.C. Wallace, between c1915 and c1920. Shows Henry Cantwell Wallace (1866-1924), Secretary of Agriculture during President Harding's Administration

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Activists: Catalysts of Change From the bustling streets of London to the vibrant protests in Melbourne, they have long been at the forefront of social and political movements, and are individuals who refuse to remain silent, using their voices as powerful tools for change. Tariq Ali, a renowned writer, journalist, and filmmaker, stands tall amidst a sea of demonstrators in London. His presence embodies the spirit of activism that has shaped generations. With unwavering determination etched on his face, he symbolizes the resilience required to challenge societal norms. In another corner of history lies Bertrand Russell, seated on a pavement during a Committee of 100 demonstration against nuclear weapons. This British philosopher's commitment to peace echoes through time as he joins fellow protesters under an expansive banner proclaiming "Action for Life. " The Spanish Civil War brings forth Les J. E. R. E. C. , united in their fight against fascism. These brave souls stand shoulder to shoulder with unwavering conviction, their collective strength illuminating hope amid dark times. London witnesses yet another march against racialism—a battle fought not only with placards but also with hearts filled with compassion and solidarity. Activists from all walks of life come together to dismantle prejudice brick by brick. Sports become more than just games when activists protest Lions playing South Africa during apartheid years. Their actions transcend stadiums; they embody resistance against injustice and discrimination. A boycott takes shape as Shell petrol becomes synonymous with environmental degradation—a testament to how activism can extend beyond borders and industries alike. The power lies within ordinary people determined enough to make corporations listen. Leaders emerge from within activist circles like Mike Terry—his voice resonates at annual general meetings where decisions affecting countless lives are made. He fearlessly advocates for justice while inspiring others around him. Anti-apartheid demonstrators take center stage—an indomitable force fighting tirelessly until equality prevails over oppression's grip on humanity's conscience. Their struggle unites nations, transcending boundaries and reminding us of the power of collective action.