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Newspaper Article/Clipping

Unveil tablet to honor pioneers of league this spring

Date: 1931-02-11
County: Dane
City: Madison
Photograph

Civics Club Suffragists

Date: 
Description: Five Civics Club members pose in a cardboard automobile in front of a painted backdrop as suffragists. They're wearing period costumes and holding "Vote" s...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Governor Blaine signs equal suffrage bill

Date: 1921-07-11
County: Dane
City: Madison
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Women employees in the state capitol

Date: 1900-04-01
County: Dane
City: Madison
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Setting is historic as Blaine acts

Date: 1921-07-11
County: Dane
City: Madison
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Equal rights in Wisconsin

Date: 1942-12-21
County: Dane
City: Madison
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Journal writer hears Carrie Chapman Catt give stirring address

Date: 1924-11-02
County: Dane
City: Madison
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Wisconsin women pioneers in work for equal suffrage

Date: 1920-11-28
County: Dane
City: Madison
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Admission to bar of first woman attorney raised question never settled

Date: 1924-09-14
County: Dane
City: Madison
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Women Congratulate Governor Blaine for Signing the Women's Rights Bill

Date: 1921
Description: Governor John J. Blaine (left) shaking the hand of Mabel Raef Putnam surrounded by other women of who have come to see the governor sign the Women's Rights...
Historical Essay

Woman Suffrage Tunic

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Parade tunic worn by Wisconsin suffrage supporter during Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, 1916. (Museum object #1956.1450)
Historical Essay

The Woman's Suffrage Movement

How Years of Failure led to Success
Discover the history of suffrage in Wisconsin, and how the state became the first to ratify the 19th amendment after many difficulties.
Feature Story

The Story of the 19th Amendment

Wisconsin Rushes to Be First—the full story!
The story of Women's Suffrage in Wisconsin and the artifacts and documents important to the Suffrage Movement!
Historical Essay

A Wisconsin Connection to Wounded Knee

The Story of Lost Bird
Discover this harrowing story that brings together a feminist pioneer and the infant her husband found in the aftermath of Wounded Knee.
Historical Essay

James, Ada Lois (1876-1952)

Suffragist, Social Worker and Reformer
Biography of suffragist, social worker and reformer Ada Lois James.
General Information

"We Stand on Their Shoulders": A History of Wisconsin Women and Voting

A Traveling Display
"We Stand on Their Shoulders" explores moments when women in Wisconsin gained political rights and highlights key leaders.
Historical Essay

Theodora Winton Youmans and Women's Suffrage

Read about this Wisconsonite, whose leadership in the Women's Suffrage Movement helped Wisconsin become the first state to ratify the 19th Amendment.

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