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Suffragist Speaking from a Car

Date: 1912
Description: Suffragist Katherine Waugh McCullough speaking from an open car. A banner on the car reads: "Votes for Women."
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Election Booths and Volunteers

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of a gymnasium that has been converted into a place where citizens can vote on election day.
Postcard

Kansas Equal Suffrage

Date: 1912
Description: Depiction of a man and a woman each putting their votes into a ballot box, touting equal suffrage: "For a better government of the people, by the people, a...
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How to Use Voting Machine

Date: 03 08 1948
Description: First Step: The voter (Mrs. Thelma Hauser) receives her first instructions from the election official (Arvid Johnson) on a small working model. She must o...
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1948 Primary Elections

Date: 09 21 1948
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of voters and five curtained voting machines at Ward 10.
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League of Women Voters Coffee

Date: 10 06 1949
Description: Four ladies attending a League of Women Voters coffee at the home of Mrs. A.T. (Daisy) Breyer, 2730 Lakeland Avenue. From left are :Mrs. Leon (Dorothy) Kel...
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League of Women Voters

Date: 02 20 1950
Description: As part of a League of a Women Voters house to house canvas to encourage voting, Mrs. Horace (Marion) Wilkie (left), chair of the Westmorland Unit, is show...
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Voters' Registration Week

Date: 08 05 1950
Description: Acting Madison City Manager George Forster signs a proclamation designating the week of August 14 as Voters' Registration week. Watching are, left to righ...
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Swearing in of New Voter

Date: 05 08 1952
Description: Madison City Clerk, A. W. Bareis, right, is swearing in "Miss 21," Eunice Mehtala, left, who is representing the Madison area's newest eligible voters. At...
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Lithographers' Strike Vote

Date: 01 10 1949
Description: Women casting ballots at the Lithographers' Local #7 Strike vote. The ballot box is on a stage at the front of a large crowded room.
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League of Women Voters House Tour

Date: 09 21 1954
Description: Mr. William Kaeser stands in front of a large fireplace at his home at 3467 Circle Close, one of the houses on the League of Women Voters' House Tour. Mrs....
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Be Alert-VOTE! Bumper Stickers

Date: 03 27 1957
Description: Two U.W. Milwaukee coeds stopped at the city garage to help employees place "Be alert — VOTE!" bumper stickers on city vehicles. Miss Nancy Breske is apply...
Poster

Votes For Women

Date: 1915
Description: Political poster featuring a female angel, wrapped in a strapless gown and wings, holding a banner over her head with "1915" on it. Billowing clouds and bl...
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Get Out the Vote for William Proxmire

Date: 11 05 1956
Description: Telephone callers started a new phase of the "get out the vote" campaign Monday at Proxmire for Governor headquarters, 135 W. Wells Street. More than 40 te...
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Frame 59: Freedom Vote

Date: 1964
Description: A crowd outdoors at a freedom vote, a mock election designed to include African-Americans who were unable to register to vote.
Poster

Voters Welcome

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Description: A poster with an image of armed law enforcement officers surrounding a building during an election or voter education meeting. The text reads, "Voters Welc...
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Frame 78: Line Up with Signs

Date: 1964
Description: A group of young people on a sidewalk protesting with signs in support of the MFDP.
Postcard

Votes for Women

Date: 1910
Description: Postcard with a drawing of a well-dressed woman holding a pennant that reads "Votes for Women." Although no date is given, based on the postage price of 1 ...
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Voter Registration Benefit for Mississippi

Date: 08 08 1964
Description: The original caption states: "Willie Peacock, Charleston, Mississippi, field secretary for Student Non-Violent Coordinating Commission, discussing the Summ...

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