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Newspaper Article/Clipping

Noted woman lawyer dead

Date: 1925-06-23
County: Fond Du Lac
City: Fond du Lac
Photograph

Jessie Jack Hooper

Date: 
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Jessie Jack Hooper.
Photograph

James Sisters

Date: 1895
Description: Formal oval-framed group portrait of Vida James, Ada James and Beulah James. Ada James (center back) later became active in the Wisconsin Women's Suffrage ...
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.
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!
Photograph

I Will Vote

Date: 
Description: Engraving of a woman (a suffragist) dressed in costume derived from classical mythology, and underneath is the slogan: "I Will Vote."
Print

"The Revolution"

Date: 07 15 1869
Description: Page one of the "The Revolution."
Feature Story

Women's Suffrage | BIG History

Join us in the celebration of Woman Suffrage in Wisconsin!
On August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment went into effect and citizens of the United States could no longer be denied the right to vote on the basis of sex.
Photograph

Clara Bewick Colby and Relatives

Date: 
Description: Portrait of five women identified as Aunt Clara Bewick Colby, Aunt Mary White, Bessie, Dara, and Esther.
Photograph

Clara Bewick Colby

Date: 
Description: Studio portrait of Clara Bewick Colby.
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 ...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Possess rare ability as a business woman

Date: 1925-06-23
County: Fond Du Lac
City: Fond du Lac
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Women only on national roll of honor

Date: 1930-04-13
County: Milwaukee
City: Milwaukee
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

Mrs. Henry M. Youmans

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

Group of Women Reading

Date: 1910
Description: A group of women reading in a large room. One woman stands in front of a glass-fronted bookcase against the back wall. The woman wear brightly colored and ...
Photograph

Clara Bewick Colby

Date: 
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Clara Bewick Colby.
Photograph

Clara Bewick Colby

Date: 
Description: Studio portrait of Clara Bewick Colby.

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