Woman Suffrage "Objection" Banner
name: label: associated institution
content: National Woman's Party
label: associated person
content: Paul, Alice
notes: label: Description
content: One half of a set of Woman Suffrage Objection and Answer Banners. This banner was used in White House pickets supporting woman’s suffrage.
label: Description
content: These banners took some of what suffragists considered the most ridiculous objections to woman suffrage and pointed out their folly using disarming humor. This set paired the Objection, "Women are TOO PURE for the DIRTY POOL of politics" and "Answer If the Pool is dirty THE TIME HAS COME TO CLEAN IT. Women have had Long Experience Cleaning up after Men."
place: label: associated place
content: United States
topic: label: used
content: Women's Rights
label: general subject association
content: Women's Suffrage
label: Subject
content: Equal Rights Amendment
label: Subject
content: Voting Rights
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Women's History 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: Alice Paul Centennial Foundation, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0165.154
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0165.154
label: accession number
content: 1987.0165
objectType: label: Object Name
content: banner
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 21 3/4 in x 27 5/8 in; 55.245 cm x 70.1675 cm