Black Hawk County Suffrage Campaign Committee
Cedar Falls (Iowa)
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association
Survey
Voting--Iowa
Women--Suffrage--Iowa]]>

This page, along with a letter to the recipient, were enclosed in an envelope from Cedar Falls, Iowa to Miss Loraney Smith, Jesup, Iowa, March 21, 1916. See item #]]>
Cedar Falls (Iowa)
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association
Survey
Voting--Iowa
Women--Suffrage--Iowa]]>

This particular letter went to Miss Loraney Smith in Jesup, Iowa (Black Hawk County) on March 21, 1916. Also enclosed with the letter was information on the Black Hawk County Suffrage Campaign Committee, Rural School Contest. See item #]]>
Buttons
Campaign buttons
Campaign insignia
Political campaigns
Referendum
Women--Suffrage--Iowa]]>

This button may have been used in Iowa during the 1916 suffrage referendum. The referendum failed to pass at that time, but Iowa became the tenth state to ratify the the 19th Amendment when it was passed by Congress in 1919.]]>
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association. Convention
Ribbons
United States--Iowa--Des Moines
Votes for women]]>

Attached, hangs a gold satin ribbon tied in a bow; two pieces hang down with printed white text: "Votes for Women."]]>
Christianity and politics--Catholic Church--History--20th century
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association
Knights of Columbus
United States --Iowa --Des Moines
Women --Suffrage --Iowa]]>

The Women's Christian Temperance Union conducted an investigation after the election and found that thousands of unregistered votes were cast in what appears to be a fraudulent election.]]>