Martyrs

Theodore Roosevelt, with halo, kneels on a burning pyre and is tied to a stake labeled “III Term” by tapes labeled “Popularity / Party / Pressure.” A crowd of on-lookers cheers in the background. Caption: “I can conceive of a situation that would compel Mr. Roosevelt, no matter how painful it might be, to accept a third term.”–Attorney-General Moody.

comments and context

Comments and Context

There have been many martyrs and saints burned at the stake through history. Foxe’s Book of Martyrs documents many; there was the famous torching of Joan of Arc, and during the Reformation, Counter-Reformation, and subsequent periods of religious accountability, opposing factions burned people with regularity.

A socialite, prisoner “no. 500,” is having a tea party with her society friends outside her cell labeled “Cell no. 500 Our Noble Martyress.” Caption: When the suffragettes of American society become martyrs to the cause.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1910-02-09