Collection Highlights
Illustrations of cholera asphyxia in its different stages. Selected from cases treated at the Cholera Hospital, Rivington Street
Date:
1832
Object Number:
LIB.Y1832.Bart.Cholera
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Luce Center
Button
Object Number:
INV.2621
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
metal, plastic
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 5/16 in. ( 3.4 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button "VOTE FOR/WOMEN/SUFFRAGE/NOV. 6TH"; yellow and black.
Gallery Label:
The Women's Suffrage movement, begun in the mid-19th century, recognized women as contributors to the greater good of society. The movement's leaders fought for a woman's right to vote, a dream that did not become reality until the nineteenth amendment was added to the Constitution in 1920.
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