Woman Suffrage Fan
name: label: associated institution
content: Woman Suffrage Party
notes: label: Description
content: Paper fans were a popular method of advertising in the early 20th century. This one was issued by the Woman Suffrage Party of New York. The illustration is by Emily Chamberlain. The reverse of the fan reads, "Keep Cool/and Raise/A Breeze for Suffrage!/Votes for Women/Votes for Women."
label: Description
content: This fan was made to support the unsuccessful 1915 Empire State Campaign for a referendum to add a suffrage amendment to the New York State constitution.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Rhode Island
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Rights
label: Subject
content: Women's Suffrage
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content: Political History: Political History, Womens History/Reform Movements Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Woman Suffrage
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from the Library of Congress
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.242991.240
label: catalog number
content: 242991.240
label: accession number
content: 242991
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fan
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/2 in x 7 in x 1/2 in; 31.75 cm x 17.78 cm x 1.27 cm