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Votes for Women Button

Votes for Women Button

Title

Votes for Women Button

Description

Round gold colored button with ten small black stars surrounding "VOTES FOR WOMEN" in black lettering on the front.
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.

Source

RS 21/7/3

Date

1887-1920
Digital Item Created: 2010-11-03
21-07-003.Catt.2002-R001.008.tif

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

Buttons (information artifacts); 2.5 x 2.5 cm

Type

Image

Identifier

21-07-003.Catt.2002-R001.008
https://digitalcollections.lib.iastate.edu/

Collection