Woman Suffrage Postcard, 1911
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Object Details
- Description
- This postcard celebrates the passage of full suffrage in California in 1911 by depicting the symbolic adding of that state’s star to a ssuffrage flag." California joined stars representing the passage of suffrage in Wyoming (1869), Colorado (1893), Utah (1896), Idaho (1896), and Washington (1910) on the flag.
- The National American Woman Suffrage Association began a postcard campaign in 1910, partly to raise awareness of the cause and partly as a fundraiser. The cards could be funny, serious, or sentimental. Some employed powerful patriotic symbols and logical arguments to make their case for woman’s right to vote.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- general subject association
- Women's Suffrage
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, Women's History Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Woman Suffrage
- Credit Line
- Marjorie Longwell
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- PL.257500.25
- catalog number
- 257500.25
- accession number
- 257500
- Object Name
- postcard
- Measurements
- overall: 6 in x 4 1/4 in x 1/32 in; 15.24 cm x 10.795 cm x .0508 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- nmah_1444283