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Jane Addams

Date: 1916
Description: Oval-framed, waist-up portrait of Jane Addams, a social worker, political activist, and author. She was a co-founder of Chicago's Hull House, as well as th...
Photograph

Jane Addams

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Description: Portrait of Jane Addams, reading a book. Addams was a social worker, political activist, and author. She was a co-founder of Chicago's Hull House, as well ...
Photograph

Jane Addams

Date: 
Description: Profile portrait of Jane Addams, a social worker, political activist, and author. She was a co-founder of Chicago's Hull House, as well as the American Civ...
Photograph

Jane Addams

Date: 
Description: Waist-up portrait of Jane Addams, a social worker, political activist, and author. She was a co-founder of Chicago's Hull House, as well as the American Ci...
Historical Object

Jane Addams

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Description: Album page that includes newspaper clippings of articles, and a portrait of Miss Addams.
Document

1849 Assembly Bill 122

Date: 03 1849
Description: Section 2 of Assembly Bill 122 for the year 1849 which established equal suffrage for African-American men pending passage of a state-wide referendum vote....
Document

1849 Assembly Bill 122

Date: 03 1849
Description: Section 1 of Assembly Bill 122 for the year 1849 which established equal suffrage for African-American men pending passage of a state-wide referendum vote....
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

Katherine McCullough

Date: 1912
Description: Katherine McCullough speaking to a small group of men in campaign for women's suffrage in Wisconsin.
Photograph

Wisconsin Banner at Seneca Falls Equal Rights Convention and Historical Pageant

Date: 1923
Description: Group of Wisconsin delegates posing with banner outdoors. Left to right: Mrs. Jackowsky-Peterson, Mrs. Gustav Hipke, Mrs. Max Rotter, Miss Lenore Cawker. F...
Postcard

Little Pink Ballot

Date: 1911
Description: Political postcard in support of a 1911 women's suffrage bill in Wisconsin.
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. ...
Book or Pamphlet

19th Amendment Receipt

Date: 06 1919
Description: Photostat copy of a receipt issued by J.A. Tonner, Chief of the Bureau of Rolls and Library at the Department of State by direction of the Acting Secretary...
Photograph

David G. James

Date: 06 1919
Description: Former Wisconsin State Senator David G. James, Republican from Richland Center (1908-1912) and the father of suffragist Ada James, on his trip to Washingto...
Photograph

Petitions on Display at the General Disarmament Conference, Geneva, Switzerland

Date: 1932
Description: Caption from the Wisconsin Magazine of History: "Eight million petitions on public display in Geneva."
Photograph

Carrie Chapman Catt

Date: 1906
Description: Quarter-length portrait of suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt.
Photograph

Ada L. James

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Description: A head and shoulders studio portrait of suffragist Ada L. James.
Photograph

Mrs. Henry M. Youmans

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Description: Waist-up portrait of suffragist Theodora Youmans (Mrs. Henry M.).
Photograph

Ada James

Date: 1906
Description: Quarter-length portrait of activist Ada James at around 30 years of age.
Photograph

Belle Case La Follette

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Description: Outdoor portrait of Belle Case La Follette wearing a hat. Text on back of print reads: "In the garden of their house on 16th St. in Washington near Comm Av...

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