Woman Suffrage Ribbon
date: label: date made
content: 1869
label: associated date
content: 1869
name: label: associated institution
content: Brooklyn Woman Suffrage Association
label: associated person
content: Anthony, Susan
notes: label: Description
content: This ribbon was worn by a member of the Brooklyn Woman Suffrage Association.
label: Description
content: The ribbon honors Susan B. Anthony. The date, 1869, refers to the year in which Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton founded the National Woman’s Suffrage Association. The quote “Failure is Impossible” is from Anthony’s last public speech, delivered in 1906. In that speech Anthony proclaimed that she knew the struggle for women’s suffrage would end in victory because so many outstanding women had given the bulk of their lives to the cause. Anthony died shortly after giving the speech, and “Failure is Impossible” became a rallying cry for suffragists across the nation in her honor and memory.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Brooklyn
label: associated place
content: United States: New York, Brooklyn
topic: label: general subject association
content: Women's Suffrage
label: general subject association
content: Women's History
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Womens History/Reform Movements Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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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.242991.295
label: catalog number
content: 242991.295
label: accession number
content: 242991
objectType: label: Object Name
content: badge
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 1 3/4 in x 1/4 in; 15.24 cm x 4.445 cm x .635 cm