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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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Celebrate the 100 year anniversary of women's suffrage with the Votes for Women key Chain.

Celebrate the 100 year anniversary of women's suffrage with the Votes for Women key Chain.

Price: $6.63
Biographical Book Excerpt

Hooper, Jessie, Annette (Jack)

Date: 1865 - 1935
County: 
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Women went on the stump for suffrage

Date: 1925-01-04
County: Dane
City: Madison
Photograph

Jessie Jack Hooper

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

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...
Manuscript

1849 Assembly Bill 122

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. ...
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Celebrate the 100 year anniversary of women's suffrage with our Suffrage Centennial mug featuring a graphic design inspired by an historic image from the Woman Suffrage Party. This item is a Society exlcusive!

Celebrate the 100 year anniversary of women's suffrage with our Suffrage Centennial mug featuring a graphic design inspired by an historic image from the Woman Suffrage Party. This item is a Society exlcusive!

Price: $12.95
Historical Essay

Theodora Winton Youmans and Women's Suffrage

Read about this Wisconsonite, whose leadership in the Women's Suffrage Movement helped Wisconsin become the first state to ratify the 19th Amendment.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Willis, Olympia (Brown)

Date: 1835 - 1926
County: Racine
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Willis, Olympia (Brown)

Date: 1835 - 1926
County: Racine
Feature Story

Women's Suffrage | BIG History

Join us in the celebration of Woman Suffrage in Wisconsin!
On August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment went into effect and citizens of the United States could no longer be denied the right to vote on the basis of sex.
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Celebrate the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote with our exclusive WHS Suffrage Centennial Bell! Limited quantity, which will not be re-ordered once sold out! This bell is made in the USA.

Celebrate the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote with our exclusive WHS Suffrage Centennial Bell! Limited quantity, which will not be re-ordered once sold out! This bell is made in the USA.

Price: $27.95
Historical Essay

Woman Suffrage Tunic

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)
Historical Essay

The Woman's Suffrage Movement

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.
Photograph

Studio portrait of Carrie Lane Chapman Catt

Date: 1896
Description: Waist-up portrait of Carrie Chapman Catt, one of the best known leaders of the women's suffrage movement who had strong ties to the North Country and who o...
Photograph

Lane Residence

Date: 1860
Description: A general view of the Lane residence, which is the birthplace of Carrie Lane, later Carrie Chapman Catt, noted woman suffrage leader.
Document

Theodore Roosevelt Signature

Date: 1912
Description: Signature and note from Theodore Roosevelt on a card. "Printed on the card: "I intend to vote for Woman Suffrage Nov. 5, 1912. Name [Teddy Roosevelt] Addre...
Photograph

Susan B. Anthony with Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Date: 1891
Description: Portrait of Susan B. Anthony (standing), with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, five years after completion of their three-volume work entitled "History of Woman Suf...

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