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Photo From the Attic: A Plea for Ireland

By Roll Call Staff
Posted September 30, 2009 at 4:42pm

[IMGCAP(1)]Amelia Rosser appears in the center of the car dressed as “Ireland in bondage— for this Capitol Hill parade that took place sometime between 1916 and 1921. Women marched to urge Congress to end all treaties with England until Ireland was recognized as an independent nation.

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