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Delegate's button and ribbon comprised of round white button with gold border and printed text: "N.J.S.F.W.C. DELEGATE Newark May 16-18, 1918."

Below, hangs a gold satin ribbon with printed black text: "Votes for Women"

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List issued by the New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association to demonstrate existing support for the woman suffrage amendment to be voted on in the upcoming election on October 19, 1915. The list included Thomas Edison, John Cotton Dana, several…

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Appeals to businessmen by making the argument that voting for the woman suffrage amendment is logical and "good business."

The presence of the imprint of the National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company indicates that the National American Woman…

PERI-1880-01 Harpers Weekly Women at Polls 1880-1113.JPG
Hand colored engraving by Howard Pyle, appeared on page 724 of Harper's Weekly, entitled "Women at the Polls in New Jersey in the Good Old Times." The illustration shows women casting votes at a municipal election, referring back to the period from…

POST-1914-18 What the Vote Has Done.jpg
This card features a full color illustration of a young girl and boy. The boy is seated, with his legs crossed, smiling. The girl is carrying two buckets, walking toward him.

The card is addressed to Miss Edith [Becheal?] 833 Broadway Beth. Pa.,…

ALMS-1000-04 side1 New Jersey flyer for and against suffrage.jpg
Flier issued in New Jersey prior to the October 1915 election where citizens voted on a suffrage referendum. At that point, no eastern state had yet adopted voting rights for women.

The flier features several short articles highlighting pro and…

PERI-1915-04-1 Springfield Republican 1915-1020 above.jpg
This issue of the Springfield Republican contains the headline, "Suffrage Loses by 50,000/ New Jersey Defeat Decisive" followed by two articles:
"By Early Returns/State's Loss Conceded/New Fight Promised/Beaten in every county/President Wilson's…
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