Pinback button : Votes for Women 1915. 1915
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Women--Suffrage--New York
Turquoise, brown and white pinback features the rising sun in gold against a white ground with "Votes for Women" above the sun rays and "1915" at the base of the button. The lettering is printed in turquoise.
Issued during the Empire State campaign to lobby New York voters to approve a woman suffrage amendment on November 2, 1915. The National American Woman Suffrage Association, led by Carrie Chapman Catt, used the rising sun as the campaign's emblem. The New York referendum was defeated in 1915 but passed two years later in November 1917.
White back paper contains the name of the manufacturer.
Newark, N.J. : Whitehead & Hoag Co. (Manufacturer)
1915
English
BUTN.1915.12
Pinback button : Votes for Women Victory 1915. 1915
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Women--Suffrage--New York
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 referendum was defeated in 1915 but passed two years later in November 1917.
The name of the manufacturer is inscribed on the back of the button.
Rochester, N.Y. : Bastian Bros. Co. (Manufacturer)
1915
English
BUTN.1915.11
Pinback button : Votes for Women 1915. 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.
Rochester, N.Y. : Bastian Bros. Co. (Manufacturer)
1915
English
BUTN.1915.09
Pinback button : Votes for Women 1915. 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.
Rochester, N.Y. : Bastian Bros. Co. (Manufacturer)
1915
English
BUTN.1915.10
Pinback button : Votes for Women. [Circa 1910-1915]
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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 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 1915-1920]
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Blue and yellow pinback button with 12 white stars around the border and the slogan "Votes for Women." The twelve stars represent the number of states in which women had full suffrage at the time it was made.
Printed on the back are the name of the manufacturer and the Lowell union bug.
Boston, M.A. : Ehrman Mfg. Co. (Manufacturer)
[Circa 1915-1920]
English
BUTN.1915.08
Pinback button : Ballots for Both. [1916]
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Women--Suffrage--Pennsylvania
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," sponsored by the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
There is no manufacturer information printed on the back of the button.
[1916]
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BUTN.1916.01
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.1915.07
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