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Votes for Women
Bertha Margaret Boyé, 1911
Many women's organizations turned toward publicity and art to galvanize support. In 1911, the San Francisco College Equal Suffrage League held a poster contest for the best illustration supporting women's voting rights. The winning design by Bertha Margaret Boyé depicts a female figure holding a "Votes for Women" banner at her waistline while the sun forms a halo around her head. Two rising mountains, reminiscent of the Golden Gate Strait, frame her shoulders. Boyé's lithograph, which was reproduced through 1913, creates a symbolic parallel between California's famous seaside hills and women's rights. |