Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Alice Paul

Alice Paul

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Original – Alice Paul. After her PhD in Sociology she went on to get a law degree; she was a suffragette working in both Britain and America; she was one of the organisers of the first picket line at the White House - and was arrested for it, and endured brutal treatment as a result - but suffered it all for her noble cause; She got women's rights include in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (at the age of 72)... in short, an amazing woman.

Reason

It's a really impressively detailed image; Harris & Ewing would later become the largest photographic studio in the United States, and with pictures like this, it's not hard to see why. #10wikicommonsdays Day 3

Articles in which this image appears

Alice Paul et al.

FP category for this image

One could argue a few places, but as she was also head of the National Woman's Party, Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political seems reasonable.

Creator

Harris & Ewing, restored by Adam Cuerden

• Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 19:18, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
• Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:39, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
• Support - Pretty great photo for 1915. Also, how about that hat? Kaldari (talk) 04:18, 3 July 2016 (UTC)
• Comment There's some uncanny white glow from her dress, maybe the highlights can be toned down a bit. Brandmeister^talk 13:14, 3 July 2016 (UTC)
  • It is on the original too [1] (scanned from a negative [2]). Is the original burned to enhance lighting/contrast, or is it a lens effect, or ...? It is uncanny, although I do Support as is, given photo's age and EV (and the hat of course). Bammesk (talk) 13:38, 3 July 2016 (UTC)
    • This is with me turning the highlights down a bit to bring out the detail. I think it's reflecting light a bit. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 13:49, 3 July 2016 (UTC)
• Support – Jobas (talk) 19:21, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

Promoted File:Alice Paul (1915) by Harris & Ewing.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:19, 12 July 2016 (UTC)