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Associated institution:
Women's Political Union  Search this
Physical Description:
green (overall color)
purple (overall color)
white (overall color)
silk (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 10 cm x 69 cm; 3 15/16 in x 27 5/32 in
Object Name:
sash
Associated place:
United States: New York
Description:
Sash worn by supporters of woman suffrage.
Sashes were worn for rallies, parades, and street speaking. The colors and the small button identify the wearer as a member of the Women's Political Union. The WPU (formerly the Equality League of Self-Supporting Women) was formed by Harriot Stanton Blatch, daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, to bring working class women into the suffrage movement. The WPU was responsible for holding the first large suffrage march in the United States (in New York in 1910).
“Votes for Women” was one of the most popular and recognizable slogans used by members of the woman’s suffrage movement.
Location:
Currently not on view
General subject association:
Women's Suffrage  Search this
Women's History  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian Institution
ID Number:
1983.0455.10
Accession number:
1983.0455
Catalog number:
1983.0455.10
See more items in:
Political and Military History: Political History, Womens History/Reform Movements Collection
Government, Politics, and Reform
Woman Suffrage
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-2684-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_509474