Pinback button : Equal Suffrage. [1911]
Advertising, Political--United States
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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 : Equal Suffrage. [1911]
Advertising, Political--United States
Buttons
Campaign buttons
Campaign insignia
Political campaigns
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.
Rochester, N.Y. : Bastian Bros. Co. (Manufacturer)
[1911]
English
BUTN.1911.03
Pinback button : Forward / Denver. [Circa 1905-1915]
Advertising, Political--United States
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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 : I am a Citizen. [Circa 1915-1920]
Advertising, Political--United States
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Citizenship
Political campaigns
Blue on white pinback button with the Rochester union bug along the bottom.
No manufacturer information on the back.
[Rochester, N.Y. : Bastian Bros. Co. (Manufacturer)]
[Circa 1915-1920]
English
BUTN.1915.24
Pinback button : Let Mother Vote. [1910-1911]
Advertising, Political--United States
Buttons
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Ohio Woman Suffrage Association
Political campaigns
Referendum
Women--Suffrage--Ohio
Blue and white pinback button with the appeal to "Let Mother Vote" inside an outline of the state of Ohio. This button was issued in 1911 when the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association was lobbying voters for an upcoming woman's suffrage referendum. The referendum failed to pass at that time.
White backpaper contains the name of the manufacturer. There may have been a ribbon attached to this button.
Newark, N.J. : Whitehead & Hoag Co. (Manufacturer)
[1910-1911]
English
BUTN.1910.08
Pinback button : Let Ohio Women Vote. [1911]
Advertising, Political--United States
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Political campaigns
Women--Suffrage--Ohio
Black on gold pinback button with the image of a woman standing in the foreground holding wheat in one hand and arrows in the other hand, the sun and mountains behind her, with the appeal "Let Ohio Women Vote."
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 backpaper contains the name of the manufacturer.
Newark, N.J. : Whitehead & Hoag Co. (Manufacturer)
[1911]
English
BUTN.1911.02
Pinback button : My first vote is for Harding. [1920]
Advertising, Political--United States
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Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923
Political campaigns
Presidents--Election
Red white and blue striped pinback button with the slogan "My first vote is for Harding." The manufacturer's name is inscribed on the back of the button.
This button was issued after the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote was passed in 1920.
Rochester, N.Y. : Bastian Bros. Co. (Manufacturer)
[1920]
English
BUTN.1920.01
Pinback button : National Junior Suffrage Corps Youth Today Tomorrow Power. [Circa 1914-1915]
Advertising, Political--United States
American Woman Suffrage Association
Buttons
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National Junior Suffrage Corps
Political campaigns
Ruutz-Rees, Caroline
Women--Suffrage--Connecticut
Greeen, white, and yellow pinback button with an image of an evergreen tree in the center surrounded by the words "National Junior Suffrage Corps. Youth Today Tomorrow Power."
The National Junior Suffrage Corps was created in 1914 by Caroline Ruutz-Rees, the principal of a girls' school in Greenwich, Connecticut, to interest young women in the cause. Ruutz-Rees was also the third Vice President of the American Woman Suffrage Association. The group's motto was "Youth Today, Tomorrow Power."
The backpaper was ripped off leaving no manufacturer information.
[Circa 1914-1915]
English
BUTN.1914.04
Pinback button : National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies." [Circa 1900-1910]
Advertising, Political--Great Britain
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Fawcett, Millicent Garrett, Dame, 1847-1929
National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
Political campaigns
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Red, green and white pinback button with the name of the organization, the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. The NUWSS was founded in Great Britain in 1897 by the merger of the National Central Society for Women's Suffrage and the Central Committee, National Society for Women's Suffrage. Red, white, and green were the group's official colors. The president of the NUWSS was Millicent Fawcett, who served for over twenty years.
There is no manufacturer information printed on the button.
[Circa 1900-1910]
English
BUTN.1900.01
Pinback button : National Woman Suffrage Congressional Union. [Circa 1914-1915]
Advertising, Political--United States
Buttons
Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage
Heralds
National Woman's Party
Purple and gold pinback button with image of a herald blowing a trumpet. Along the rim are the words "National Woman Suffrage/Congressional Union."
White backpaper contains the name of the manufacturer.
Portland, O.R. : Irwin-Hodson Company (Manufacturer)
[Circa 1914-1915]
English
BUTN.1914.03