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A spiritualist medium releasing ectoplasm, 1920
A Spiritualist medium releasing ectoplasm, 1920

“Spiritualism provided an important audience for radical reform and a source of affirmation for embattled radical leaders. In their zeal for “self-ownership,” Spiritualists advocated a broad woman’s rights program, combating every disability imposed by church, state, or social convention.” Ann Braude, Radical Spirits

Unidentified women victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, March 1911, laid out in public on the 26th Street Pier in lower Manhattan.