Woman Suffrage Postcard
Object Details
- date made
- 1915
- associated date
- 1915
- associated institution
- National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company Incorporated
- Description
- Women countered the argument that they were too pure for the dirty business of politics by invoking the Progressive Era’s belief in “social housekeeping.” The logical extension of women’s ability to clean and order their homes was to apply those skills to clean and remedy the ills of society. Some postcards used images of children to project a nonthreatening image of women voters.
- The postcard was part of a 1911 campaign for suffrage in California, which by a state-wide referendum in that year became the sixth state to approve woman’s suffrage.
- 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
- place made
- United States: New Jersey, Elizabeth
- general subject association
- Women's Suffrage
- Postcards
- Politics
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Woman Suffrage
- Credit Line
- Edna L. Stantial
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- 1979.0939.59
- accession number
- 1979.0939
- catalog number
- 1979.0939.59
- Object Name
- postcard
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 1/4 in; 13.97 cm x 8.89 cm x .635 cm
- Record ID
- nmah_508209