Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Search: suffrage
Filter: Subject of voting
| Date: | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Political postcard in support of a 1911 women's suffrage bill in Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1900 |
|---|---|
| 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: | |
|---|---|
| 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... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 03 1849 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Exterior of Wisconsin Assembly Bill 122 of 1849 which established equal suffrage for African-American men pending passage of a state-wide referendum vote. ... |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
|---|
| Parade tunic worn by Wisconsin suffrage supporter during Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, 1916. (Museum object #1956.1450) |
| How Years of Failure led to Success |
|---|
| Discover the history of suffrage in Wisconsin, and how the state became the first to ratify the 19th amendment after many difficulties. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Album page that includes newspaper clippings of articles, and a portrait of Miss Addams. |
| Date: | 1925 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Poster issued by the Milwaukee County League of Women Voters that graphically urges women to vote. |
| Date: | 1912 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Suffragist Katherine Waugh McCullough speaking from an open car. A banner on the car reads: "Votes for Women." |
| Date: | 1919 |
|---|---|
| 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: | 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 ... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| 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... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| 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... |
| Date: | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Political poster featuring a female angel, wrapped in a strapless gown and wings, holding a banner over her head with "1915" on it. Billowing clouds and bl... |
| Date: | 08 08 1964 |
|---|---|
| Description: | The original caption states: "Willie Peacock, Charleston, Mississippi, field secretary for Student Non-Violent Coordinating Commission, discussing the Summ... |
| Too Progressive for Wisconsin |
|---|
| Discover why Wisconsin's 1846 was re-written and passed in 1848 |
| Black Voting Rights Activist |
|---|
| Biography of Ezekiel Gillespie who was active in Milwaukee's small Black community, especially on voting rights issues. |
| Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
|---|
| Ezekiel Gillespie, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.
Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at:
