Pinback button : Woman Suffrage Vote Yes October 19. [1915]
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Women--Suffrage--New Jersey
Black on yellow pinback button. This button was created to lobby New Jersey voters for the suffrage referendum on October 19, 1915. The referendum failed to pass at that time.
White back paper contains the name of the manufacturer and the Milford, New Hampshire union bug.
Boston, M.A. : Ehrman Mfg. Co. (Manufacturer)
[1915]
English
BUTN.1915.14
Pinback button, "Votes for Women June 5th", [1916]
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Women--Suffrage--Iowa
Black on gold pinback button. White back paper contains the name of the manufacturer and the Chicago union bug.
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.
Chicago, I.L. : Cruver Mfg. Co. (Manufacturer)
[1916]
English
BUTN.1916.02
Pinback button : Votes for Women. [Circa 1910-1913]
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Women--Suffrage--Illinois
Blue on yellow celluloid pinback button with the slogan "Votes for Women" surrounding a blue flag with ten stars.
White backpaper contains the name of the manufacturer.
This button was issued by Illinois suffragists, sometimes with nine stars. Ten stars symbolized their hope to become the next state to grant women the right to vote. Illinois women were given the right to vote (with some restrictions) in 1913.
Chicago, I.L. : Cruver Mfg. Co. (Manufacturer)
[Circa 1910-1913]
English
BUTN.1910.09
Pinback button : Equal Suffrage. [1911]
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Women--Suffrage--Ohio
Blue on gold pinback button with six stars surrounding the slogan "Equal Suffrage."
Issued early in 1911 before California became a suffrage state, suffragists lobbied for Ohio to be the sixth state to pass a suffrage referendum. California became the sixth state on October 10, 1911.
White back paper contains name of manufacturer.
Cleveland, O.H. : R.A. Koch Co.
[1911]
English
BUTN.1911.04
Pinback button : Ohio Next. [1911]
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Women--Suffrage--Ohio
Blue on gold pinback button with six stars surrounding the slogan "Ohio Next."
Issued early in 1911 before California became a suffrage state, suffragists lobbied for Ohio to be the sixth state to pass a suffrage referendum. California became the sixth state on October 10, 1911.
White back paper contains name of manufacturer and an Ohio union bug.
Cleveland, O.H. : R.A. Koch Co. (Manufacturer)
[1911]
English
BUTN.1911.05
Pinback button : Forward / Denver. [Circa 1905-1915]
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Suffrage--Colorado--Denver
Women--Suffrage--Colorado
Pinback with colorful illustration of a herald holding a trumpet in one hand and, in the other, a banner with the word "Forward." Along the bottom is the name "Denver."
White backpaper contains the name of the manufacturer and the distributor.
Denver, C.O. : A.T. Lewis & Sons Dry Goods Co. (Distributor) Newark, N.J. : Whitehead & Hoag Co. (Manufacturer)
[Circa 1905-1915]
English
BUTN.1905.01
Pinback button : Votes for Women. [Circa 1910-1915]
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Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association
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Women--Suffrage--Connecticut
Purple and green pinback with the slogan "Votes for Women" printed in white.
Purple, green and white were colors associated with the suffrage movement in England, but several American suffrage organizations borrowed the colors.
White back paper contains the name and address for the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association 55-57 Pratt St. Hartford, Conn. and the Rochester, N.Y. union bug.
Hartford, C.T. : Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association (Distributor)
[Circa 1910-1920]
English
BUTN.1910.02
Pinback button : Votes for Women. [Circa 1910-1915]
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National American Woman Suffrage Association
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Women--Suffrage--California
Black on gold pinback button with the slogan "Votes for Women."
The black and gold indicate that this was most likely issued by the National American Woman Suffrage Association but may have been distributed during the California campaign in 1910-1911.
Pink backpaper with the name of the manufacturer and the Los Angeles union bug.
Los Angeles, C.A. : W.H. Hoegee Co. (Manufacturer)
[Circa 1910-1915]
English
BUTN.1910.10
Pinback button : Opposed to woman suffrage. [Circa 1915-1920]
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Black on white on red pinback button. White back paper contains the name of the manufacturer and the union bug.
"Official" anti-suffrage colors were most often red, black, and white. The primary anti-suffrage organizations that may have distributed this button were the Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage (later the Anti-Suffrage Association of Massachusetts) and/or the National Association Opposed to Women Suffrage.
New York, N.Y. : Eagle Regalia Co. (Manufacturer)
[Circa 1915-1920]
English
BUTN.1915.16
Pinback button : Don't Let it Suffer. [Circa 1915-1920]
Buttons
Goldberg, Rube, 1883-1970
Political Satire
Women--Suffrage--Satire
Pinback with an illustration by Rube I. Goldberg of a woman singing opera with the words "Don't Let It Suffer." White backpaper contains the name of the manufacturer and the distributor.
These satirical buttons were issued by the American Tobacco Company and placed in packets of Hassan and Tokio Cigarettes.
New York, N.Y. : Hassan Cigarette Factory (Distributor)
Newark, N.J. : Whitehead & Hoag Co. (Manufacturer)
[Circa 1915-1920]
English
BUTN.1915.17