Object Details
Description
The stars on this handmade flag represent the four states in which women could vote by 1900: Wyoming (1890), Colorado (1893), Utah (1896), and Idaho (1896). Suffrage groups often produced flags, postcards and buttons with the number of stars corresponding to the states in which women had the vote as a way to keep track of progress towards and make the public aware of the status of women’s suffrage.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Mrs. Douglas Reinicker
date made
ca 1900
associated date
1900
ID Number
PL.238995.02
catalog number
238995.02
accession number
238995
Object Name
pillow case
pillowcase
Physical Description
silk (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 19 3/4 in x 13 1/2 in x 1/4 in; 50.165 cm x 34.29 cm x .635 cm
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Political History: Political History
Government, Politics, and Reform
Woman Suffrage
Data Source
National Museum of American History
general subject association
Women's History
Women's Suffrage
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_534699