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Suffragist Speaking from a Car

Date: 1912
Description: Suffragist Katherine Waugh McCullough speaking from an open car. A banner on the car reads: "Votes for Women."
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The Right To Vote Rally

Date: 10 29 1959
Description: Flyer for a rally "The Right To Vote" "The Fight To Vote" sponsored by the Federation of Negro Civil Service Organizations, Inc. Speakers include Jackie Ro...
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Tally Sheet for the Assembly Vote (or) Vote Record of Suffrage Bill

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Description: Tally sheet for the Assembly vote on David James's suffrage referendum bill. Photograph of the voting record of the Wisconsin Assembly on the measure to...
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Ballot Machine

Date: 1956
Description: Close-up view of a women's hand touching a ballot machine with names of candidates from the 1956 Wisconsin election.
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Election Booths and Volunteers

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Description: Elevated view of a gymnasium that has been converted into a place where citizens can vote on election day.
Postcard

Kansas Equal Suffrage

Date: 1912
Description: Depiction of a man and a woman each putting their votes into a ballot box, touting equal suffrage: "For a better government of the people, by the people, a...
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Voter Registration

Date: 1933
Description: Citizens line up at the City Clerk office to register to vote while a woman raises her hand to take the oath.
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Ballot Box at the City-County Building

Date: 1978
Description: Ballot box collects the vote by absentee ballot in the City County building.
Poster

Votes for Women Poster

Date: 1925
Description: Poster issued by the Milwaukee County League of Women Voters that graphically urges women to vote.
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Mary Janet Hall Registering to Vote

Date: 02 24 1948
Description: Mary Janet Hall, (at left) daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hall, registering at City Hall as a new voter, and City Clerk A.W. Bareis (at right.)
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Fannie Lou Hamer

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Description: Fannie Lou Hamer (1917 - 1977), an American voting rights activist and civil rights leader, visiting the Highlander Folk School. Two men are standing in th...
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New Voting Machine Demonstration

Date: 03 04 1948
Description: Mrs. Nels (Louise) Grimstad, 613 Riverside Drive, is shown receiving instructions on one of Madison's new voting machines from Mrs. Ralph F. (Mildred) Norr...
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How to Use Voting Machine

Date: 03 08 1948
Description: First Step: The voter (Mrs. Thelma Hauser) receives her first instructions from the election official (Arvid Johnson) on a small working model. She must o...
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How to use Voting Machine

Date: 03 08 1948
Description: Step 5: The voter must leave the pointers down when she completes her choice, or her vote will not be recorded.
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1948 Primary Elections

Date: 09 21 1948
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of voters and five curtained voting machines at Ward 10.
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SCHW Delegates Vote

Date: 11 1946
Description: Delegates to the annual convention of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare (SCHW) vote on a resolution.
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Voters at National Election

Date: 10 02 1948
Description: Madison citizens in Washington School gymnasium, waiting to vote at the national election.
Poster

Register to Vote Poster, Female

Date: 10 1972
Description: Poster encouraging young people to vote in the 1972 presidential election. Text reads, "Maybe they gave you the right to vote because they thought you'd ne...
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League of Women Voters Coffee

Date: 10 06 1949
Description: Four ladies attending a League of Women Voters coffee at the home of Mrs. A.T. (Daisy) Breyer, 2730 Lakeland Avenue. From left are :Mrs. Leon (Dorothy) Kel...
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League of Women Voters

Date: 02 20 1950
Description: Mrs. Robert J. (Joan) Francis of 833 Miami Pass, member of League of Women Voters, listens to City Clerk A.W. Bareis as he explains how to use a voting mac...

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