Object Details
- Description
- Button worn by supporters of woman suffrage.
- The ten stars represent the number of states in which women had full suffrage at the time it was made -- Wyoming (1869), Colorado (1893), Utah (1896), Idaho (1896), Washington (1910), California (1911), Kansas, Oregon and Arizona (all 1912), and Montana (1914).
- “Votes for Women” was one of the most popular and recognizable slogans used by members of the woman’s suffrage movement.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Library of Congress
- ID Number
- PL.242991.181
- catalog number
- 242991.181
- accession number
- 242991
- Object Name
- button
- Physical Description
- black (overall color)
- gold (overall color)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 in x 1 in x 1/4 in; 2.54 cm x 2.54 cm x .635 cm
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, Womens History/Reform Movements Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Woman Suffrage
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Women's Suffrage
- Women's Rights
- Record ID
- nmah_508053
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-2730-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
