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| Read about this Wisconsonite, whose leadership in the Women's Suffrage Movement helped Wisconsin become the first state to ratify the 19th Amendment. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 04 23 1925 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Suffragette Council at the Washington Hotel. The women are gathered on a large patio lined with street lamps. Jessie Jack Hooper is i... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A group of women reading in a large room. One woman stands in front of a glass-fronted bookcase against the back wall. The woman wear brightly colored and ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of a group of women posed outdoors in front of a building. During Carrie's travels, she spent time talking to local suffragettes and women's... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Maud McCreery speaking from the back seat of a car during a Women's Suffrage in Wisconsin Campaign. Mrs. McCreery was a women's suffrage activist who worke... |
| Date: | 08 08 1964 |
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| Description: | The original caption states: "Willie Peacock, Charleston, Mississippi, field secretary for Student Non-Violent Coordinating Commission, discussing the Summ... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Governor John J. Blaine (left) shaking the hand of Mabel Raef Putnam surrounded by other women of who have come to see the governor sign the Women's Rights... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Hand-drawn and colored maps of Wisconsin showing how each county voted in the gubernatorial race of 1865, and on a referendum regarding suffrage for Africa... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Portrait of the Reverend Olympia Brown Willis, of Racine. She was the first president of the Wisconsin Woman Suffrage Association. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Ada L. James, who was the first president of the Political Equality League, and a lifelong crusader for social justice causes. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length portrait of Carrie Chapman Catt, a leader in the International Woman Suffrage Alliance. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Several buttons are arranged in a circle, all with slogans, photographs, or symbols related to women's suffrage. Caption reads: Badge collection of Alice P... |
| Date: | 03 23 1912 |
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| Description: | A map showing proportions of women's suffrage in the United States. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of activist Belle Case La Follette, wife of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of activist Ada James at around 30 years of age. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Caption from the Wisconsin Magazine of History: "Eight million petitions on public display in Geneva." |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Poster for school elections on Tuesday, March 18th, and April 1st, 1919. After 1901, women in Wisconsin were able to vote in school elections, which was an... |
| Date: | 06 1919 |
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| Description: | Former Wisconsin State Senator David G. James, Republican from Richland Center (1908-1912) and the father of suffragist Ada James, on his trip to Washingto... |
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