Pen used to sign the Woman Suffrage Joint Resolution, 1919
date: label: used date
content: June 4, 1919
label: used date
content: June 5, 1919
name: label: referenced
content: Marshall, Thomas R.
notes: label: Description
content: This gold fountain pen was used by both Vice President Thomas Marshall and Speaker of the House Frederick Gillett on June 4, 1919 to sign the Joint Resolution of Congress recommending a constitutional amendment extending the right of suffrage to women. The amendment was ratified in August of 1920.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: general subject association
content: Women's Suffrage
label: general subject association
content: Women's History
label: general subject association
content: Government
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Woman Suffrage
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: National American Woman Suffrage Association
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.026179
label: accession number
content: 64601
label: catalog number
content: 026179
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pen
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in; 11.43 cm