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Black silk rosette with red, white, and blue ribbon tails. Printed in black on the three ribbons is the slogan "Votes for Women" Attached to the rosette is a gold celluloid "Votes for Women" button.

The rosette is ripped on one side.

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Gold ribbon and gold decorative pin with a celluloid photograph of Anna Howard Shaw. The back of the celluloid button is white with blue printed text that reads "President N.A.W.S.A."

This was issued for the New York State Woman Suffrage…

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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…

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Purple, green, and white pinback button with the logo for the Women's Political Union of New York. Founded by Harriot Stanton Blatch, the WPU adopted the same colors as the British Women's Social and Political Union.

White backpaper contains the…

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Pinback with illustration of two women showing off their legs, with the words "Women's Rights." White backpaper contains the name of the manufacturer and distributor.

These satirical buttons were issued by the American Tobacco Company and placed…

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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,…

BUTN.1915.07.jpg
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,…

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Blue on gold pinback button with the slogan "Votes for Women."

White backpaper contains the name of the manufacturer and distributor.

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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…

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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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