Woman Suffrage Button
Woman Suffrage Button
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- Description
- Button worn by supporters of woman suffrage. Purple, green and white were the colors worn by British suffragettes. When Harriot Stanton Blatch (daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton) formed the Women’s Political Union in the United States, she adopted the color scheme.
- Women had the right to vote in New Jersey from 1776 to 1807, provided they held a certain amount of property. In 1807 that right was explicitly rescinded. Women did not regain the vote in New Jersey until the 19th amendment was ratified in 1920.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- button
- associated place
- United States: New Jersey
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in x 1/2 in; 3.175 cm x 3.175 cm x 1.27 cm
- ID Number
- 1980.0606.163
- accession number
- 1980.0606
- catalog number
- 1980.0606.163
- subject
- Women's Suffrage
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Political History, Womens History/Reform Movements Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Woman Suffrage
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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