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Jus Suffragii Ribbon

Jus Suffragii Ribbon

Title

Jus Suffragii Ribbon

Description

Ribbon consists of a small gold bar at top with "CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT" etched on the front and the back has the pin. Beneath the bar is a gold colored ribbon under a purple ribbon with "NATIONAL PRESIDENT" in gold lettering and a gold star underneath. Attached to the ribbons is a round, gold medal with an image of women holding scales in front of a rising sun and "Jus Suffragii" (The Right of Suffrage) in raised lettering.
Carrie Lane Chapman Catt (1859-1947) was a suffragist, early feminist, political activist, and Iowa Agricultural College (Iowa State University) alumna (1880). She was president (1900-1904 and 1915-1920) of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. She also formed and was president (1904-1923) of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance. In 1920, she helped found the League of Women Voters.

Creator

International Woman Suffrage Alliance

Source

RS 21/7/3

Publisher

Iowa State University Library Special Collections: http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/index.html

Date

1904-1923
2010-11-03

Rights

U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital image. Commercial use or distribution of the image is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. For permission to use the digital image, please contact Iowa State University Library Special Collections at archives@iastate.edu For reproductions see: http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/services/photfees.html

Relation

Carrie Chapman Catt Papers, 1878-ongoing; http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/arch/rgrp/21-7-3.html

Format

Badges; 5.4 x 10.2 cm

Type

Image

Identifier

21-07-003.Catt.2002-R001.017
https://digitalcollections.lib.iastate.edu/