Portrait study of Mrs. Rudolph Blankenburg (née Lucretia Mott Longshore)

[lower right in red ink]: stamped signature / stamped monogram initials; [bottom left in graphite]: Mr. Rudolf [sic] Blankenburg; [verso in black ink]: Mrs. Rudolph Blankenburg / (wife of Philadelphia mayor) / née Letitia Longshore (daughter / of / first recognized woman physician; [detached and encapsulated label 1 of 2]: 76, 77 Mrs. Rudolf Blankenburg, / before 1933; [detached and encapsulated label 2 of 2]: Mrs. Rudolph Blankenburg, nee Lucretia M. / Longshore (1843-1918) [husband's years] / She was the daughter of Hannah (Myers) / Longshore, a member of the first class of students to graduate from Woman's Medical / College. Hannah Longshore continued to / teach anatomy there which was almost / unheard of at that time. Her husband, / Rudolph Blankenburg was Mayor of / Philadelphia from 1923 to 1916. / Charcoal and pastel
A Quaker and reform activist, Mrs. Blankenburg was a frequent speaker at public events on a variety of topics, including women's suffrage. Equally as dedicated to reform was her husband Rudolph Blankenburg, who served as Philadelphia's progressive mayor from 1912 to 1916.