Ribbon : Votes for Women slogan. [Circa 1910 - 1920]
Political campaigns
Ribbons
Votes for Women
Women--Suffrage--United States
Women--United States--Political activity
Gold ribbon with large black type, and the slogan"Votes for women."
[National American Woman Suffrage Association]
[Circa 1910-1920]
English
MEMR.1000.03
Sash with Votes for Women slogan. [Circa 1913-1920]
Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage (U.S.)
National Woman's Party
Political campaigns
Votes for Women
Women--Political activity
Women--Suffrage--United States
Purple, gold and white striped sash. The center stripe is inscribed on both sides with the slogan "Votes for Women" in dark purple.
The colors on the sash were also the official colors of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, later the National Woman's Party.
"Votes for Women" was one of the most frequently used slogans throughout the woman's suffrage movement.
[National Woman's Party]
[Circa 1913-1920]
English
MEMR.1913.02
Button and ribbon : Maryland button with attached Votes for Women ribbon. [Circa 1915]
Advertising, Political--United States
Buttons
Political campaigns
Ribbons
Votes for Women
Women--Suffrage--Maryland
Celluloid button picturing the Maryland flag at the center with the word "Maryland" along the bottom. Hanging from the button is a gold ribbon with the slogan "Votes for Women" printed in black.
Baltimore, M.D. : Baltimore Badge & Novelty Company
[Circa 1915]
Ribbon, 4 x 9.5 cm.
Button, 4 cm. diam.
English
MEMR.1915.09
Maryland
Pamphlet : The New Look. CIO Political Action Committee. [Circa 1942-1945]
Campaign literature
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.). Political Action Committee
United States--Politics and government--1940-1950
Voting
Campaign literature that uses a popular slogan, "the new look" as a way to encourage women to vote. The pamphlet contains photographs and facts about the conditions for families before and after women had the right to vote, outlines the work still to be done to improve conditions and provides information on how women can do their part by voting in elections and educating their husbands on who to vote for, and using the local political action committee as a resource.
The Congress of Industrial Organizations was founded in 1928 as a federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States and Canada. The CIO merged with the American Federation of Labor to form the AFL-CIO in 1955. The CIO PAC was established in 1942.
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.). Political Action Committee
Washington, D.C. : Congress of Industrial Organizations Political Action Committee
[Circa 1942-1945]
15 p.
English
Clipping : Women! Will you vote to condone corruption? Woman's Home Companion. [November 1924]
Bryan, Charles W., 1867-1945
Campaign promises
Campaign literature
Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955
Democratic Party
Presidents--Election
Voting
Advertisement in Woman's Home Companion magazine by the Democratic Party, encouraging women to vote the Democratic ticket for President, John W. Davis and Charles W. Bryan.
Democratic Party
Springfield, Ohio : Crowell-Collier Publishing Company
[1924]
1 p.
English
DOCU.1924.02
Hand Held Fan : Votes for the Women of Massachusetts. [1915]
Crowley, Teresa A., 1874-1930
Election
Leonard, Gertrude Halladay, 1868-1919
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
Political campaigns
States' rights (American politics)---History--20th century
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
Women--Political activity
Women--Suffrage--Massachusetts
White square cardboard fan with blue print attached to a wooden dowel.
The front contains the slogan "Baseball Fans Movie Fans Political Fans All Good Fans Everywhere Favor Votes for the Women of Massachusetts Election Day November 2"
The reverse side includes a map of the suffrage states and additional text that reads "If the men of the West trust their women with the ballot - Why can't the women of Massachusetts be trusted? Suffrage spreads from State to neighbor State. This proves it a success. Vote 'Yes' November 2"
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
[1915]
Paper and wood
English
MEMR.1915.02
Massachusetts
Hand Held Fan : While watching the Horse Race Don't forget one half of the Human Race Votes for Women. [1915]
Crowley, Teresa A., 1874-1930
Election
Leonard, Gertrude Halladay, 1868-1919
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
Political campaigns
States' rights (American politics)---History--20th century
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
Women--Suffrage--Massachusetts
White square cardboard fan with blue print attached to a wooden dowel.
The front features the slogan, "While watching the Horse Race Don't forget one half of the Human Race/ Votes for Women/ Election Day November 2."
The reverse side includes a map of the suffrage states and additional text that reads "If the men of the West trust their women with the ballot - Why can't the women of Massachusetts be trusted? Suffrage spreads from State to neighbor State. This proves it a success. Vote 'Yes' November 2"
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
[1915]
Leonard, Gertrude Halladay, 1868-1919
Crowley, Teresa A., 1874-1930
Paper and wood
English
MEMR.1915.03
Massachusetts
Hand Held Fan : Woodrow Wilson and Charles Evans Hughes, [1916]
Election
Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
Political campaigns
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
Yellow square cardboard fan with black print attached to a wooden dowel.
On the front are pictures of the two presidential candidates, "Mr. Hughes" and "Pres. Wilson."
The reverse side contains quotes that address their individual positions on women's suffrage.
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
[1916]
Paper and wood
English
MEMR.1916.01
Massachusetts
Tin blue bird hanger, Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association with Votes for Women slogan. [1915]
Advertising, Political--United States
Fundraising
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
Political campaigns
Symbols
Women--Political activity
Women--Suffrage--Massachusetts
Die-stamped metal blue, black and yellow bird seated on a black perch. There is a hole in the top of the bird so that it can be hung.
"Votes for Women Nov. 2" is printed in black along the gold ground (bird's belly and tail). "Mass. Woman Suffrage Assn. Gertrude H. Leonard Theresa A. Crowley" is printed in black along the outside edge of the bird's tail.
This piece was part of the 1915 advertising campaign to pass suffrage referendums in four eastern states: New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. All four states lost.
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
[1915]
Tin (metal)
English
MEMR.1915.11
Massachusetts
Leaflet : Jailed for Freedom; some phases in the front line of a war for democracy not quite won. National Woman's Party. [1919]
Arrest
National Woman's Party
Picketing
White House (Washington, D.C.)
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Women prisoners--United States--Political activity
Women--Suffrage--Washington (D.C.)
Provides a photographic account of the National Woman's Party militant fight for woman's rights, including picketing the White House, arrests, imprisonment, hunger strikes, and burning President Wilson's speeches.
National Woman's Party
Washington, D.C. : National Woman's Party
[1919]
15 p.
English
DOCU.1919.02