Object Details
associated institution
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Description
This rosewood and ivory gavel was presented to Susan B. Anthony by delegates from forty-nine countries invited to attend a meeting of the National Woman Suffrage Association. The meeting resulted in the formation of the International Congress of Women. The gavel was used by Anthony, Anna Howard Shaw, and Carrie Chapman Catt to chair Woman Suffrage conventions. The head is engraved “order is Heaven’s first law,” and, “Nat’l Woman Suffrage Assn. March 25 1888,” The quote, “order is Heaven’s first law,” comes from Alexander Pope’s 1734 poem, An Essay on Man.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Lucy E. Anthony
ID Number
PL.043956
catalog number
43956
accession number
166408
Object Name
gavel
Physical Description
wood (overall material)
brown (overall color)
ivory (overall material)
white (overall color)
Measurements
overall: 10 3/4 in; 27.305 cm
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Political History: Political History, Womens History/Reform Movements Collection
Government, Politics, and Reform
Woman Suffrage
Data Source
National Museum of American History
general subject association
History, Women's Suffrage
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_529601