Hedwiga Reicher ( June â€" September ) was a German actress,
half-sister of actor Frank Reicher, sister of actor and screenwriter
Ernst Reicher, and daughter of actor Emanuel Reicher.Reicher was hired
to portray the mythological figure Columbia for the Woman Suffrage
Procession, a suffrage parade on March , , in Washington, DC.
According to news reports at the time, the group, which included to
suffragists, marched from the US Capitol to the Treasury Building, and
was watched by a crowd of , (mostly men). Their intent was to upstage
Woodrow Wilson's inauguration, due to take place the following day.
half-sister of actor Frank Reicher, sister of actor and screenwriter
Ernst Reicher, and daughter of actor Emanuel Reicher.Reicher was hired
to portray the mythological figure Columbia for the Woman Suffrage
Procession, a suffrage parade on March , , in Washington, DC.
According to news reports at the time, the group, which included to
suffragists, marched from the US Capitol to the Treasury Building, and
was watched by a crowd of , (mostly men). Their intent was to upstage
Woodrow Wilson's inauguration, due to take place the following day.
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