Button, Votes for Women
notes: label: Description
content: Button worn by supporters of woman suffrage.
label: Description
content: The ten stars on the flag represent the number of states in which women had full suffrage at the time this button was made. The first ten states to extend suffrage to women were Wyoming (1869), Colorado (1893), Utah (1896), Idaho (1896), Washington (1910), California (1911), Kansas, Oregon and Arizona (all 1912), and Montana (1914).
label: Description
content: "Votes for Women" was one of the most popular and recognizable slogans used by members of the woman’s suffrage movement.
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.242991.059
label: catalog number
content: 242991.059
label: accession number
content: 242991
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow, blue (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 3/4 in x 1/4 in; 1.905 cm x 1.905 cm x .635 cm