The Woman Suffrage Party was organized by Carrie Chapman Catt in 1909 out of many small suffrage societies. It put the state legislature under intense pressure in 1913 forcing a referendum on votes for women in New York State. In 1915, a second vote was forced by more campaigning, helping women gain the vote in New York state. With the momentum started in New York and the added votes from women in the state, New York carried the country and the 19th Amendment was passed in 1920. This sash belonged to New York suffragist Harriet Burton Laidlaw (1873-1949), who was chairman of the Woman Suffrage Party for the borough of Manhattan from about 1909 to 1916.

The Woman Suffrage Party was organized by Carrie Chapman Catt in 1909 out of many small suffrage societies. It put the state legislature under intense pressure in 1913 forcing a referendum on votes for women in New York State. In 1915, a second vote was forced by more campaigning, helping women gain the vote in New York state. With the momentum started in New York and the added votes from women in the state, New York carried the country and the 19th Amendment was passed in 1920. This sash belonged to New York suffragist Harriet Burton Laidlaw (1873-1949), who was chairman of the Woman Suffrage Party for the borough of Manhattan from about 1909 to 1916.

The Woman Suffrage Party was organized by Carrie Chapman Catt in 1909 out of many small suffrage societies. It put the state legislature under intense pressure in 1915 forcing a referendum on votes for women in New York State. In 1917, a second vote was forced by more campaigning, helping women gain the vote in New York state. This ribbon belonged to New York suffragist Harriet Burton Laidlaw (1873-1949), who was chairman of the Woman Suffrage Party for the borough of Manhattan from about 1909 to 1916.

Badges of the Society of the Cincinnati badges were described in 1783 as "suspended by a deep blue and white ribbon, two inches wide, edged in white, descriptive of the union of America and France." This ribbon is from the badges owned by Revolutionary War officer Samuel Blachley Webb (1753-1807).

The Society of the Cincinnati was formed in 1783 by Major-General Henry Knox and other Revolutionary War officers, including General George Washington, to maintain and perpetuate the personal associations established during the war. The original medal was designed by Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant and the die cut in Paris in 1784. This badge belonged to Dr. Samuel Corp Ellis (1803-1874), who joined the Society of the Cincinnati in 1859 in the right of his grandfather, William Willcocks of New York.

The Society of the Cincinnati was formed in 1783 by Major-General Henry Knox and other Revolutionary War officers, including General George Washington, to maintain and perpetuate the personal associations established during the war. The original medal was designed by Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant and the die cut in Paris in 1784. This example, made in New York around 1802, belonged to Major Bezaleel Howe (1750-1825), a Revolutionary War officer and great-grandfather of the donor.

This badge belonged to Major David Lenox (1753-1828) of Philadelphia, who was elected as an honorary member of the Society of the Cincinnati in 1789. The original medal, which was distributed to Revolutionary War officers, was designed by Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant. This example is one of four known examples of the first French eagle, made in Paris in January, 1784. It was probably made by Jean-Épiphanie Diodet, a Paris jeweler whose label is still with the badge.

According to the inscription on the mount of the object, this ribbon was made in France for the Society of the Cincinnati (from which the insignia of the Society would hang) and presented by Benjamin Franklin to George Clinton (1739-1812), Governor of New York. The ribbon descended in the Clinton family.