Photograph indicates from the caption that it might have been taken in India in 1931, which would be in the public domain as indicated above. Have been unable to locate any evidence of publication outside the US in the period of origin (1930s). It may have been part of a press package to advertise a speaking tour by Cousins and her husband undertaken in the US in 1932, as a similar image in the same dress and jewelry appears in Baker, Gladys. "Popular Ideas of India are Exploded". (22 May 1932) Birmingham, Alabama: The Birmingham News-Age Herald. p 47. Search of copyright.gov records indicate no renewal. No images related to Margaret E. Cousins as a keyword, title or person have been renewed, however there are texts renewed for Margaret (nmi) Cousins. The National Women's Party, who published Equal Rights, renewed their papers and photographs from 1913 to 1920, (i.e. Registration Number / Date: TX0000648990 / 1981-02-27, Application Title: The National Woman’s Party papers: the suffrage years, 1913-1920, Imprint: Sanford, N. C. : Microfilming Corp. of America, [19--], Description: Microfilm, Copyright Claimant: National Woman’s Party, Date of Creation: 1981, Date of Publication: 1981-02-16) but no renewal could be found for the entity for the 1930s period. The newspaper Equal Rights does not appear in the records.
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This photograph is currently in the public domain in India because it meets one of the following conditions:
it was published prior to 1 January 1964 (as per the S.25 of The Indian Copyright Act, 1957);
its author died prior to 1 January 1964.
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This file may not be in the public domain outside India. A United States public domain tag is also required ({{PD-1996}} usually applies to photographs created before 1946).
Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (70 years p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 years p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 years p.m.a.), Mexico (100 years p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 years p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.