Woman Suffrage Postcard, 1910
name: label: associated institution
content: Grand Rapids Michigan Equal Franchise Club
notes: label: Description
content: Postcard with an image of the Grand Rapids Michigan Equal Franchise Club’s float in a “Homecoming Parade” held in downtown Grand Rapids in 1910. Parades were a popular way for suffragists to make their cause visible to the public.
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: associated place
content: United States: Michigan, Grand Rapids
topic: label: general subject association
content: Women's Suffrage
label: general subject association
content: Postcards
label: general subject association
content: Demonstrations
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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: Susan Krebs
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0606.050
label: accession number
content: 1980.0606
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0606.050
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 1/32 in; 13.97 cm x 8.89 cm x .0508 cm