Abstract
Billed as "the Most Democratic Fete ever attempted in Pittsburgh," the Equal Franchise Federation held its Suffrage Shirtwaist Ball 100 years ago on November 10, 1916. Though its centennial is likely to pass quietly amid the din of the receding campaign season, the fundraiser itself was widely attended and lived up to its tagline. The over 3,000 attendees who gatheredin East Liberty's Motor Square Garden to "be merry under the auspices of Suffrage" included students and businessmen, working class men and women, and the prominent socialites who formed the base of the federation.
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