USE OF TRI-COLORS: BRITISH & AMERICAN
Suffrage buttons in purple, white, and green from the American movement. This button was probably circulated in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut, states influenced by Mrs. Blatch's organization.
Gold banner with purple lettering produced by the National Woman's Party. The Party, in spite of its close ties to the British movement, adopted the traditional American color of gold.

 

Purple, white, and gold cover of the Suffragist magazine published by the National Woman's Party. The topics dealt with in this 1920 issue could be taken directly from today's headlines.Click here to see details of this image.
Gold pen used in the suffrage signing ceremony when the Senate passed the Amendment. The pen is housed in the Women's History Collection, Political Collections of the Division of Social History, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.


 

 

 

 

 

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