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William Pitt Lynde

Date: 1866
Description: Portrait of William Pitt Lynde at the Wisconsin Assembly in 1866. Ten years later he introduced legislation for women's suffrage to U.S. Congress. In the b...
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Susan B. Anthony

Date: 03 1884
Description: Studio portrait of Susan B. Anthony wearing a black dress. She is standing and leaning on the back of a chair.
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Carrie Chapman Catt

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Description: Portrait of Carrie Chapman Catt, a leader in the women's suffrage movement, peace advocate, and first president of the League of Women Voters.
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Susan B. Anthony

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Description: A portrait of an elderly Susan B. Anthony. She is known primarily for her leadership in the women's rights movement, but was also an activist for other soc...
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Kenosha County Equal Suffrage League Day Nursery

Date: 02 1914
Description: Thirteen children ranging from toddler-age to early elementary school-age are tended by several women in the playroom of a nursery run by the Kenosha Count...
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Clara Bewick Colby and Relatives

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Description: Portrait of five women identified as Aunt Clara Bewick Colby, Aunt Mary White, Bessie, Dara, and Esther.
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Clara Bewick Colby and Group

Date: 06 1913
Description: Clara Bewick Colby posing with a large group of women in Vienna.
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Clara Bewick Colby

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Description: Studio portrait of young Clara Bewick Colby wearing a cross necklace.
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Dr. Anna Howard Shaw

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Description: Dr. Anna Howard Shaw (1847-1919) turning the crank of her car. Dr. Shaw was an ordained Methodist minister, physician, temperance lecturer, woman's suffrag...
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Rachel Jastrow

Date: 1915
Description: Rachel S. Jastrow campaigning for women's suffrage from the back of an automobile with a banner reading "Votes for Women."
Poster

Votes for Women Poster

Date: 1925
Description: Poster issued by the Milwaukee County League of Women Voters that graphically urges women to vote.
Photograph

Women's Suffrage Headquarters

Date: 06 1918
Description: Group of women including Ada James (in checked dress at center) at the suffrage headquarters. A map of Wisconsin is hanging on the wall at right and anothe...
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Civics Club Suffragists

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Description: Five Civics Club members pose in a cardboard automobile in front of a painted backdrop as suffragists. They're wearing period costumes and holding "Vote" s...
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Harriett Grimm

Date: 1912
Description: Harriet Grimm speaking from a vehicle bearing a banner that reads, "votes for women." She is stopped in front of T.G. Mandt's wagon shop.
Photograph

Milwaukee Women's Suffrage Office

Date: 06 1912
Description: Two women seated at desks with typewriters in an office. A calendar on the wall indicates it is June 1912. Another poster advertises speakers in support of...
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Jessie Jack Hooper

Date: 1890
Description: Cabinet card of an informal full-length portrait. (Mrs. Ben) Jessie Jack Hooper relaxes in a chair. The portrait may have been taken at the Sawyer House in...
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Mathilde Franziska Anneke

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Description: Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype. Waist-up portrait of Mathilde Franziska Anneke, seated with her hands on her lap. Hand coloring on cheeks. Mrs. Anneke was c...
Document

Constitution of the National Woman Suffrage Association

Date: 1873
Description: A copy of the Constitution of the National Woman Suffrage Association, which was attached to a letter from Susan B. Anthony to Matilde Franziska Anneke.
Postcard

Votes for Women

Date: 1910
Description: Postcard with a drawing of a well-dressed woman holding a pennant that reads "Votes for Women." Although no date is given, based on the postage price of 1 ...
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Jessie Jack Hooper

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Jessie Jack Hooper.

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