Letter : Charles A. Greathouse, State Chairman, Democratic State Central Committee, to All District, County and Municipal Chairman. October 18, 1917
Democratic Party (Ind.) State Central Committee
Election officials
Greathouse, Charles A.
Indiana--General assembly
Indiana. Supreme Court
Women--Suffrage--Indiana
Letter sent by the state chairman to instruct all Democratic district, county and municipal chairman to select, nominate, and have appointed a Democratic woman for each election precinct clerk to receive, count, and canvass women's votes regardless of whether or not the Indiana Supreme Court help up the new law granting women the right to vote.
After the Indiana State Legislature passed a partial suffrage bill in February 1917, the State Supreme Court ruled the law unconstitutional in October 1917.
Democratic Party (Ind.) State Central Committee
1917-10-18
2 p.
English
DOCU.1917.22
Pinback button : Votes for Women Indiana. [Circa 1911-1917]
Advertising, Political--United States
Buttons
Campaign buttons
Campaign insignia
Political campaigns
Woman's Franchise League of Indiana
Women--Suffrage--Indiana
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 January 16, 1920. However, it was not until a special state election held in September 1921 that Indiana women were granted the right to vote at the state level.
White backpaper contains the name of the manufacturer.
Rochester, N.Y. : Bastian Bros. Co. (Manufacturer)
[Circa 1911-1917]
BUTN.1911.07
Postcard : Them pesky suffragettes wants everything for themselves. [Circa 1909-1913]
Charcoal illustration of an older man with a suitcase and umbrella, standing at a closed door that has a sign "For Ladies Only."
On the verso, the card is addressed to Mrs. J.W. Flack Battle Ground, Indiana, and postmarked February 19, 1913.
Chicago : United States Publishing House
[Circa 1909-1913]