Button, Votes for Women
Object Details
- Description
- Button worn by supporters of woman suffrage.
- The ten stars on the flag represent the number of states in which women had full suffrage at the time this button was made. The first ten states to extend suffrage to women were Wyoming (1869), Colorado (1893), Utah (1896), Idaho (1896), Washington (1910), California (1911), Kansas, Oregon and Arizona (all 1912), and Montana (1914).
- "Votes for Women" was one of the most popular and recognizable slogans used by members of the woman’s suffrage movement.
- general subject association
- Women's Suffrage
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, Womens History/Reform Movements Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- Woman Suffrage
- Exhibition
- American Democracy
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Credit Line
- Library of Congress
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- PL.242991.059
- catalog number
- 242991.059
- accession number
- 242991
- Object Name
- button
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- yellow, blue (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/4 in x 3/4 in x 1/4 in; 1.905 cm x 1.905 cm x .635 cm
- Record ID
- nmah_529905