Protests across the Commons
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| The children of strikers in Lawrence MA were sent to live with families in New York. It meant they had more adequate material care than their parents could then provide, but it also meant a poignant photo opportunity. |  Library of Congress |
| Coal miners in Lancashire were striking in 1912; their daughters marched in support. |  Library of Congress |
| Sylvia Pankhurst was a life-long protester on many issues, but on this day in 1932 her specific cause was protesting English policy in India. (Notice the Indian women behind her.) |  Nationaal Archief |
| The Jarrow March was a 1936 march to protest extreme poverty and unemployment in North East England. About 200 marchers walked the 300 miles from the town of Jarrow to London, along with their MP, “Red Ellen” Wilkinson. |  National Media Museum |
| January 26, 1938, was the sesquicentennial of British colonization in Australia, and was declared an Aboriginal Day of Mourning, a day to demand full citizenship rights for aboriginal Australians. |  State Library of New South Wales |
| A feminist protest in Amsterdam, 1981, in favor of abortion rights. |  Nationaal Archief |
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