Woman Suffrage Bluebird Sign
date: label: date made
content: 1915
label: associated date
content: November 2, 1915
name: label: associated institution
content: Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
notes: label: Description
content: This tin blue bird sign was issued by the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association to support a 1915 state referendum to give Massachusetts women the vote. On July 19, 1915, “Suffrage Blue Bird Day,” approximately 100,000 blue birds were pinned up around the state. The Massachusetts referendum failed. Massachusetts women did not gain the vote in until the 19th amendment was ratified in 1920.
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: made at
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: associated place
content: United States: Massachusetts
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: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
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content: Woman Suffrage
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Library of Congress
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.242991.260
label: catalog number
content: 242991.260
label: accession number
content: 242991
objectType: label: Object Name
content: signboard
label: Object Name
content: sign, tin
label: Object Name
content: sign
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: orange (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 4 in; 30.48 cm x 10.16 cm