Woman Suffrage Fan
name: label: associated institution
content: Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
label: associated person
content: Park, Alice
notes: label: Description
content: Paper fans were a popular method of advertising in the early 20th century. This one was issued by the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association to support a 1915 state referendum to give Massachusetts women the vote. The map highlights the states in which women already had the vote - Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Washington, California, Kansas, Oregon, Arizona, Montana, and Nevada. The reverse of the fan reads, “Keep Cool!/There will be nothing/to worry about after we get/VOTES FOR WOMEN/Election Day November 2.” The Massachusetts referendum failed. Massachusetts women did not gain the vote in until the 19th amendment was ratified in 1920.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Massachusetts
topic: label: general subject association
content: Women's Suffrage
label: general subject association
content: Women's Rights
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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: Library of Congress
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.242991.242
label: catalog number
content: 242991.242
label: accession number
content: 242991
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fan
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (map material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/2 in x 7 in x 1/2 in; 31.75 cm x 17.78 cm x 1.27 cm