Women's Suffrage

Yellow Woman Suffrage Votes for Women Pennant

Pennant used by supporters of woman suffrage. “Votes for Women” was one of the most popular and recognizable slogans used by members of the woman’s suffrage movement.

Coin featuring Mary Edwards
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker Recognized on New U.S. Quarter 
June 4, 2024
Crowd of people marching
Object of the Month: 1913 Women's Suffrage Postcard
February 16, 2024
Votes for Women" button
National Youth Summit 2019: Woman Suffrage
Three images: a Native Hawaiian hand placing a vote in a ballot box, a palm tree blowing in the wind, and a map locating Hawai'i in proximity to the U.S. west coast with the text: Hawai'i
Podcast Episode: Votes for Hawaiians
Yellow pendant saying Votes for Women.
Votes for Women

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Daguerreotype image of outdoor scenery in Seneca Falls, New York
175th Anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention
July 13, 2023
Blue banner that says "National League of Women Voters." Atop the ribbon is a name tag that reads "Miss Alice S. Blackwell."
Alice Stone Blackwell's National League of Women Voters Delegate Badge, 1922
National Museum of American History

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Illustration of quarter featuring Nina Otero-Warren with her hands clasped, three flowers, and the text "Voto Para La Mujer."
Nina Otero-Warren Improved Education and Fought for Suffrage
August 15, 2022
Two sides of silver dollar. One side features three profiles of women from 1890s to 1920s, and the other with the year 2020 going into a ballot box
On the Money: Meet the Women Who Created the 2020 Women's Suffrage Centennial Silver Dollar
November 19, 2020
Text: 1 Century. Image of red, white, and blue poster that says "a woman living here has registered to vote, thereby assuming the responsibility of citizenship"
#19SuffrageStories Countdown: Stories 3 to 1
August 24, 2020
Graphic with text: Storming the House Wilhelmina Dowsett. Photo of Dowsett surrounded by Hawaiian flowers. Illustration of Hawaiian women holding "votes for women" signs.
Eight Women's Voting History Stories You May Not Know
August 24, 2020
Zitkála-Šá wears indigenous clothing and stares directly into the camera in a sepia photo. Text on image: 4 Years Zitkála-Šá (Yankton Sioux)
#19SuffrageStories Countdown: Stories 9 to 4
August 17, 2020