Susan B. Anthony’s Silk Shawl
name: label: associated person
content: Anthony, Susan B.
notes: label: Description
content: Woman’s rights activist Susan B. Anthony wore this red shawl when advocating for woman’s rights at suffrage conventions, speaking engagements or congressional sessions. Red shawls became one of her trademarks and a way to make her instantly recognizable to reporters and the public. It was said in Washington that there were two signs of spring: the return of Congress to the nation’s capital and the sight of Anthony’s red shawl as she also returned to lobby congressmen.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: general subject association
content: History, 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
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.026168
label: catalog number
content: 26168
label: accession number
content: 64601
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shawl
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 63 in x 63 in; 160.02 cm x 160.02 cm