Woman Suffrage Button
notes: label: Description
content: Button worn by supporters of woman suffrage.
label: Description
content: The nine stars represent the number of states in which women had full suffrage at the time it was made. The first nine states to extend suffrage to women were Wyoming (1869), Colorado (1893), Utah (1896), Idaho (1896), Washington (1910), California (1911), Kansas, Oregon and Arizona (all 1912).
label: Description
content: "Votes for Women" was one of the most popular and recognizable slogans used by members of the woman’s suffrage movement.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Suffrage
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content: Political History: Political History, Women's History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Woman Suffrage
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.242991.062
label: accession number
content: 242991
label: catalog number
content: 242991.062
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 3/4 in x 1/4 in x 3/4 in; 1.905 cm x 1.905 cm x .635 cm x 1.905 cm