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  • Collection: Buttons and Ribbons

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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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Red, white, and blue American flag in enamel on bronze pin. The flag has only nine stars.

There is no manufacturer information on the pin.

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Enamel on brass pin in the shape of a flag on its pole, containing the slogan "Votes for Women."

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Purple, white, and green enamel on brass, containing the slogan ""Votes for Women"" inscribed in black.

There is no manufacturer information on the pin.

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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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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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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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Blue on gold celluloid pinback demands votes for both men and women.

The slogan was created by Dr. Eleanor M. Hiestand-Moore of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The button was the winning entry in a contest to replace the slogan "Votes for Women,"…

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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…

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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…
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