Woman Suffrage Postcard
date: label: associated date
content: April 28, 1913
notes: label: Description
content: Women’s need of the vote to better look after their children and their world is invoked by many suffrage postcards. They invoked the Progressive Era’s belief in “social housekeeping.” The logical extension of women’s ability to clean and order their homes was to apply those skills to clean and remedy the ills of society.
label: Description
content: The National American Woman Suffrage Association began a postcard campaign in 1910, partly to raise awareness of the cause and partly as a fundraiser. The cards could be funny, serious, or sentimental. Some employed powerful patriotic symbols and logical arguments to make their case for woman’s right to vote.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: general subject association
content: Women's Suffrage
label: general subject association
content: Postcards
label: general subject association
content: Children
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content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Woman Suffrage
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Edna L. Stantial
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0939.32
label: accession number
content: 1979.0939
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0939.32
objectType: label: Object Name
content: postcard
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 1/32 in; 13.97 cm x 8.89 cm x .0508 cm