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  • Collection: Buttons and Ribbons

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Blue enamel on gold pinback button with the state seal of New York at the center.

This button was most likely issued during the Empire State campaign to lobby New York voters to approve a woman suffrage amendment on November 2, 1915. The New York…

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Black on yellow pinback. The name of the manufacturer is printed on the back of the button.

Several states, including Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania held referendums on woman suffrage in November 1915.

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Black on yellow pinback. The name of the manufacturer is printed on the back of the button.

Several states, including Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania held referendums on woman suffrage in November 1915.

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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…

BUTN-1910-03 Justice Votes Button.JPG
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 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…

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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…

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Gold on white celluloid pinback button with the slogan "Votes for Women Indiana." This button may have been distributed by the Woman's Franchise League of Indiana.

Indiana ratified the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote, on…

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Overall size, 10 cm.

1.25" brass rim holding celluloid with reverse metal back. Metal back also has soldered stickpin.
Background of pin is faded yellow, with black lettering circling around outer edges reading “Equal Rights and Personal…

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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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