Illuminated certificate presented to Alice Paul by Emmeline Pankhurst, around 1900
Illuminated certificate presented to Alice Paul by Emmeline Pankhurst, around 1900
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- Description
- British suffrage leader Emmeline Pankhurst gave this illuminated certificate to the American suffrage leader after Alice Paul was imprisoned in Britain and went on a hunger strike.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- citation, Illuminated Certificate
- Citation
- unspecified
- National Woman's Party
- Physical Description
- parchment (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- framed: 4 1/4 in x 18 in; 10.795 cm x 45.72 cm
- unframed: 20 1/4 in x 14 in; 51.435 cm x 35.56 cm
- ID Number
- 1987.0165.162
- catalog number
- 1987.0165.162
- accession number
- 1987.0165
- Credit Line
- Alice Paul Centennial Foundation, Inc.
- subject
- Women's Suffrage
- Equal Rights Amendment
- Voting Rights
- Women's History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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