May 07, 2020 - Sale 2534

Sale 2534 - Lot 400

Price Realized: $ 455
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(WOMEN'S HISTORY.) [Battey, C.M.; photographer] Portrait of Margaret Murray Washington, the third wife of Booker T. Washington. Photograph, 10 x 7 inches; mount remnants on verso, minor wear, lacking a bit of upper corner. [Tuskegee, AL, 1917]
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Margaret Murray Washington (circa 1862-1925) met her future husband Booker T. Washington while a student at Fisk University. He hired her for the position of Lady Principal at the Tuskegee Institute, and they were married in 1893. She was an active advocate for women's rights and civil rights.