Collection Highlights
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Date:
1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Moore.1
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Button
Object Number:
INV.2460
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 in. ( 1.3 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button "VOTES/FOR/WOMEN"; gold 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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