Women suffragettes visit Theodore Roosevelt at Sagamore [1917]
Subject(s): Laidlaw, H. B. (Harriet Burton), 1873-1949, New York (State), New York (State)--Oyster Bay--Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, New York State Woman Suffrage Party, Reid, Helen Rogers, 1882-1970, Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, Suffrage--Women, Whitehouse, Vira Boarman, 1875-1957
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Film is the opening of the second New York State suffrage campaign on September 8, 1917, at Sagamore Hill. The first campaign, beginning in 1913, was unsuccessful; the woman suffrage amendment was rejected by the voters in 1915. On November 6, 1917, the suffrage amendment to the New York State Constitution was approved by the voters. The suffragists invited to Sagamore Hill were headed by Mrs. Norman deR. Whitehouse, State Chairman of the New York State Woman Suffrage Party. Sequence of Roosevelt talking to three women: the woman in the dark hat and coat is Mrs. Ogden Mills Reid; the woman dressed in furs next to Roosevelt is Mrs. Whitehouse; and the tall woman in the light hat and jacket is Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw.
Collection
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
Creation Date
1917
Creator(s)
Period
Post-Presidential Years (1913-January 6, 1919)
Repository
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Record Type
Video
Resource Type
Rights
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Chicago:
Women suffragettes visit Theodore Roosevelt at Sagamore [1917]. [January 29, 2026]. Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o284581. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Unknown. Women suffragettes visit Theodore Roosevelt at Sagamore [1917]. [29 Jan. 2026]. Video.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 29, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o284581.
APA:
Unknown., [2026, January 29]. Women suffragettes visit Theodore Roosevelt at Sagamore [1917].
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o284581.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-motion-picture-broadcasting-and-recorded-sound. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 29, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-motion-picture-broadcasting-and-recorded-sound.
APA:
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-motion-picture-broadcasting-and-recorded-sound.