Votes for Women Pin
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Object Details
- date made
- ca 1910
- Description
- Enameled pin worn by supporters of woman suffrage.
- "Votes for Women" was one of the most popular and recognizable slogans used by members of the woman’s suffrage movement. Purple, white, and yellow were the colors of the National Woman’s Party founded in 1913 by Alice Paul.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- place made
- United States: District of Columbia
- general subject association
- Women's Suffrage
- Subject
- Women's Rights
- 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.242991.009
- catalog number
- 242991.009
- accession number
- 242991
- Object Name
- pin, bar
- Physical Description
- bronze (overall material)
- enamelled (overall production method/technique)
- purple (overall color)
- yellow (overall color)
- white (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 mm x 35 mm; 13/32 in x 1 3/8 in
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- nmah_529867