Music Sheet, "Female Suffrage," 1867
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Music rallied support around the long fight for women's suffrage, or equal voting rights. This piece of sheet music was dedicated to four early suffragists: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, who formed the National Woman Suffrage Association; George Francis Train, who financed the group's monthly publication, The Revolution; and Lucy Stone, who launched the Woman's Journal, another women's rights newspaper.
Music rallied support around the long fight for women's suffrage, or equal voting rights. This piece of sheet music was dedicated to four early suffragists: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, who formed the National Woman Suffrage Association; George Francis Train, who financed the group's monthly publication, The Revolution; and Lucy Stone, who launched the Woman's Journal, another women's rights newspaper.
Artifact
Sheet music
Date Made
1867
Subject Date
1867
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Missouri, Saint Joseph
Creator Notes
Music composed by George H. Briggs, lyrics by R. A. Cohen; published by P. L. Huyett & Son, Saint Joseph, Missouri.
Collection Title
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in With Liberty & Justice for All
Object ID
00.4.183
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 14 in
Width: 10.875 in
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