Woman Suffrage Badge
date: label: Associated Date
content: February 1982
notes: label: Description
content: “Votes for Women” was one of the most popular and recognizable slogans used by members of the woman’s suffrage movement.
label: Description
content: The yellow and black color combination was first used in 1867 when suffragists used the Kansas state flower, the sunflower, as part of a campaign for a state suffrage referendum. The referendum failed but the colors became associated with the movement nationwide.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: general subject association
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: Library of Congress
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.242991.257
label: catalog number
content: 242991.257
label: accession number
content: 242991
objectType: label: Object Name
content: badge
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 cm x 23 cm; 3 5/32 in x 9 1/16 in