Woman Suffrage Button
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Object Details
- date made
- ca 1910
- Description
- Button worn by supporters of woman suffrage.
- The four stars represent the number of states in which women had full suffrage at the time it was made. The first four states to extend suffrage to women were Wyoming (1869), Colorado (1893), Utah (1896), and Idaho (1896).
- "Votes for Women" was one of the most popular and recognizable slogans used by members of the woman’s suffrage movement.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- general subject association
- Women's Suffrage
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, Women's History Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Woman Suffrage
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- PL.242991.051
- accession number
- 242991
- catalog number
- 242991.051
- Object Name
- button
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- red (overall color)
- white (overall color)
- blue (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/4 in x 3/4 in x 1/4 in x 7/8 in; 1.905 cm x 1.905 cm x .635 cm x 2.22306 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- nmah_1435219