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Photograph

Suffragists Handing out Literature

Date: 1910
Description: Milwaukee Suffragists are holding small flags and handing out literature on a downtown street corner. A woman and a man are both wearing pin-back buttons t...
Photograph

Final Meeting of the Suffragette Council

Date: 04 23 1925
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...
Photograph

Jane Addams

Date: 1881
Description: Quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Jane Addams, a social worker, political activist, and author. She was a co-founder of Chicago's Hull House, as w...
Historical Essay

Hooper, Jessie Annette Jack [Mrs. Ben Hooper] (1865-1935)

Suffragist and Lecturer
Biography of Jessie Annette Jack Hooper, prominent suffragist in Wisconsin civic reform groups and women's organizations.
News Release

March 28, 2019 - Explore Wisconsin’s Role in the Suffrage Movement at a New Exhibit in the State Capitol Rotunda

For Immediate Release
The Wisconsin Historical Society recently installed an exhibit, “The Women’s Hour Has Struck, Wisconsin: The First State to Ratify the 19th Amendment.”
Print

Mrs. Cordelia A.P. Harvey

Date: 1866
Description: Head and shoulders engraving of Cordelia Harvey.
Historical Essay

Carrie Chapman Catt - Image Gallery Essay

Carrie Chapman Catt: A Life of Service
View Carrie Chapman Catt's glass lantern slides from her travels as an activist for women's rights and world peace.
Online Store

Winning Women's Suffrage. Lead Mining & Slavery. Book Excerpt: "Proxmire: Bulldog of the Senate." More!

Winning Women's Suffrage. Lead Mining & Slavery. Book Excerpt: "Proxmire: Bulldog of the Senate." More!

Price: $8.95
Historical Essay

Brown, Olympia 1835-1926

Suffragist and Minister
Biography of suffragist and Universalist minister Olympia Brown, the first female minister in America.
Magazine or Periodical

Get Thee Behind Me, [Mrs.] Satan!

Date: 02 17 1872
Description: Political cartoon depicting a woman on a rocky path carrying two children and a drunken husband on her back being tempted by Victoria Woodhull depicted as ...
Historical Essay

Youmans, Theodora Winton, 1863 - 1932

Editor and Women's Right Activist
Discover the history of Theodora Winton Youmans
Online Store

Get ready for voting season <em>and</em> celebrate the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote with our Society exclusive <em><b>I Will Vote</b></em> t-shirt!

Get ready for voting season and celebrate the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote with our Society exclusive I Will Vote t-shirt!

Price: $24.95
Online Store

Custom Face Mask from the Wisconsin Historical Society. Fashion PPE with a voice.

Custom Face Mask from the Wisconsin Historical Society. Fashion PPE with a voice.

Price: $19.95
Book or Pamphlet

19th Amendment Receipt

Date: 06 1919
Description: Photostat copy of a receipt issued by J.A. Tonner, Chief of the Bureau of Rolls and Library at the Department of State by direction of the Acting Secretary...
News Release

June 5, 2019 - Media Advisory: 100 Year Celebration of 19th Amendment on Monday, June 10 at the State Capitol

For Immediate Release
The Wisconsin Historical Society will be celebrating the 100-year celebration of Wisconsin ratifying the 19th amendment.
News Release

June 7, 2019 - Media Advisory: 100 Year Celebration of 19th Amendment on Monday, June 10 at the State Capitol

For Immediate Release
The Wisconsin Historical Society will be celebrating the 100-year celebration of Wisconsin ratifying the 19th amendment.
Online Exhibit

Women's History | BIG History

Women’s history in Wisconsin
The Society is celebrating BIG moments in Wisconsin history, including the significant impact that women have had on the history of the state.
Photograph

Mathilde Franziska Anneke

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...
Photograph

Group of Women

Date: 1910
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...

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