page_title: Crystal Eastman
hierarchical_section_title: Crystal Eastman
caption_attribution_description: Photograph of Crystal Eastman, during the time she was married to Wallace J. Benedict (between 1911–1916). 4 x 6 in. Formal portrait, three-quarter-length, seated, Crystal Eastman Benedict &#32;&#91;sic&#93;, facing left with upper body and head turned toward camera, wearing square-necked blouse cinched at waist with tasseled-rope belt, watch on left wrist, and necklace. From the records of the National Woman's Party Caption (insofar as the Library of Congress quotes) follows: "Mrs. Crystal Eastman Benedict [Her name during her brief marriage] of New York is a member of the Executive Committee of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. Mrs. Benedict is a graduate of Vassar College and of the New York Law University. She was secretary of the New York State Commission which investigated the employers'..." Cropped version of the photograph published in The Suffragist, 3, no. 19 (May 8, 1915): 6, and The Suffragist, 4, no. 52 (Dec. 23, 1916): 5.
context_page_description: Crystal Catherine Eastman was an American lawyer, antimilitarist, feminist, socialist, and journalist. She is best remembered as a leader in the fight for women's suffrage, as a co-founder and co-editor with her brother Max Eastman of the radical arts and politics magazine The Liberator, co-founder of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and co-founder in 1920 of the American Civil Liberties Union. In 2000 she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York.
context_section_description: Crystal Catherine Eastman (June 25, 1881 – July 8, 1928) was an American lawyer, antimilitarist, feminist, socialist, and journalist. She is best remembered as a leader in the fight for women's suffrage, as a co-founder and co-editor with her brother Max Eastman of the radical arts and politics magazine The Liberator, co-founder of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and co-founder in 1920 of the American Civil Liberties Union. In 2000 she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York.
caption: Eastman, c. 1914
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