Woman Suffrage Ribbon
Object Details
- date made
- 1869
- associated date
- 1869
- associated institution
- Brooklyn Woman Suffrage Association
- associated person
- Anthony, Susan
- Description
- This ribbon was worn by a member of the Brooklyn Woman Suffrage Association.
- The ribbon honors Susan B. Anthony. The date, 1869, refers to the year in which Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton founded the National Woman’s Suffrage Association. The quote “Failure is Impossible” is from Anthony’s last public speech, delivered in 1906. In that speech Anthony proclaimed that she knew the struggle for women’s suffrage would end in victory because so many outstanding women had given the bulk of their lives to the cause. Anthony died shortly after giving the speech, and “Failure is Impossible” became a rallying cry for suffragists across the nation in her honor and memory.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- place made
- United States: New York, Brooklyn
- associated place
- United States: New York, Brooklyn
- general subject association
- Women's Suffrage
- Women's History
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, Womens History/Reform Movements Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Woman Suffrage
- Credit Line
- Library of Congress
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- PL.242991.295
- catalog number
- 242991.295
- accession number
- 242991
- Object Name
- badge
- Physical Description
- gold (overall color)
- silk (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 in x 1 3/4 in x 1/4 in; 15.24 cm x 4.445 cm x .635 cm
- Record ID
- nmah_508092