Parade for Women's Suffrage and Equal Education, New Haven, Connecticut, circa 1915

THF92264 / Parade for Women's Suffrage and Equal Education, New Haven, Connecticut, circa 1915
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Artifact Overview

In the 1910s, many Americans joined the already decades-long fight for women's suffrage, or equal voting rights. To rally support, suffragists staged parades. These often elaborate processions championed numerous individual causes. This float in New Haven, Connecticut, related "equal education for boys and girls" to "equal citizenship" in the future. A constitutional amendment granting women suffrage was finally ratified in 1920.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic postcard

Date Made

circa 1915

Subject Date

circa 1915

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

99.109.70

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 3.313 in
Width: 5.25 in

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