Suffragette pioneer Mary Lee, c1895


This is a black-and-white photographic portrait of Mary Lee (1821–1909), taken in about 1895. It shows Lee in her early seventies, around the time of the end of her service as secretary of the Women's Suffrage League in South Australia. She is dressed formally in a high-collared black shirt or dress, and a black hat. Text below the image reads 'THE LATE MRS. MARY LEE.' The photograph measures 20.0 cm x 15.5 cm.




Acknowledgements


Credits: Photograph courtesy of the State Library of South Australia
Creator: Unidentified
Identifiers: TLF resource R3901
State Library of South Australia number B57233
Source: State Library of South Australia, http://www.slsa.gov.au