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  • Collection: Buttons and Ribbons

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Red on white on blue pinback button with the slogan "Votes for Women" surrounded by six stars.

This pin was produced by the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1911 when California was expected to become the sixth suffrage…

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White on blue on white pinback button with the Pennsylvania keystone in the center with the "Votes for Women" banner.

This piece was created during the campaign to pass a women's suffrage referendum in Pennsylvania in 1915.

White backpaper…

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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…

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Red white and blue pinback button with the patriotic slogan "America The Land We Love" in the outer circle surrounding the slogan "Liberty Justice Equality" with a gold star at the center.

White backpaper contains the name of the manufacturer.…

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Red on white on blue pinback button with white stars surrounding the number "36."

Thirty-six was the number of states needed to ratify the 19th amendment to grant women the right to vote. In 1920, Tennessee became the 36th and final state needed…

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Black, pink, and white enamel disk with the name of the organization, the National League Opposing Woman Suffrage, and in the center, a plant with the Scottish thistle, an English rose, and an Irish shamrock. The disk is a pendant connected to a…

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Gold on white pinback button with six stars surrounding the slogan "Votes for Women." This pin was produced by the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1911 when California was expected to become the sixth suffrage state.

White…

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Blue enamel on sterling silver pinback button that features the allegorical figure of Justice holding up a pair of scales.

This button is most likely issued to lobby for suffrage in New York because blue is one of the official colors of New…

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Blue enamel on sterling silver pinback button that features the allegorical figure of Justice holding up a pair of scales.

This button is most likely issued to lobby for suffrage in New York because blue is one of the official colors of New…

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Black on white on red pinback button. White back paper contains the name of the manufacturer.

"Official" anti-suffrage colors were most often red, black, and white. The primary anti-suffrage organizations that may have distributed this button were…
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