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Woman Suffrage Postcard

American History Museum

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Object Details

Description

This postcard honors Susan B. Anthony and urges women to complete her work for suffrage. Anthony died in 1906, fourteen years before passage of the nineteenth amendment giving women the right to vote. In her last public speech for woman suffrage she declared that, "Failure is impossible."
The National American Woman Suffrage Association began a postcard campaign in 1910, partly to raise awareness of the cause and partly as a fundraiser. The cards could be funny, serious, or sentimental. Some employed powerful patriotic symbols and logical arguments to make their case for woman’s right to vote.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Marjorie Longwell

associated date

March 14, 1910

ID Number

PL.257500.16

catalog number

257500.16

accession number

257500

Object Name

postcard

Measurements

overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in x 1/32 in; 13.97 cm x 8.255 cm x .0508 cm

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Political History: Political History, Women's History Collection
Government, Politics, and Reform
Woman Suffrage

Data Source

National Museum of American History

general subject association

Women's Suffrage
Postcards

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b5-1346-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1444284

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