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- "Patriotic Suffrage Rally," circa 1917 - In the early 20th century, women and men alike joined the already decades-long fight for women's suffrage, or equal voting rights. They often appealed to patriotic sentiment, staging parades and organizing public demonstrations calling for the right to vote. This rally poster features a woman in a tricorne hat, associating suffragists with the patriots of the American Revolution.
- circa 1917
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"Patriotic Suffrage Rally," circa 1917
In the early 20th century, women and men alike joined the already decades-long fight for women's suffrage, or equal voting rights. They often appealed to patriotic sentiment, staging parades and organizing public demonstrations calling for the right to vote. This rally poster features a woman in a tricorne hat, associating suffragists with the patriots of the American Revolution.