Woman Suffrage Postcard
date: label: date made
content: 1915
label: associated date
content: 1915
name: label: associated institution
content: National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company Incorporated
notes: label: Description
content: Women countered the argument that they were too pure for the dirty business of politics by invoking 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. Some postcards used images of children to project a nonthreatening image of women voters.
label: Description
content: The postcard was part of a 1911 campaign for suffrage in California, which by a state-wide referendum in that year became the sixth state to approve woman’s suffrage.
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
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Elizabeth
topic: label: general subject association
content: Women's Suffrage
label: general subject association
content: Postcards
label: general subject association
content: Politics
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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: 1979.0939.59
label: accession number
content: 1979.0939
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0939.59
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 1/4 in; 13.97 cm x 8.89 cm x .635 cm