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Woman Suffrage Wagon
1870s-1920
Suffragists painted this delivery wagon with slogans and used it for rallies and publicity, as well as for magazine sales.
The woman suffrage amendment was first introduced in 1878 and languished for decades in a congress that felt no need for women's votes. Three generations of women fought to overcome objections and change state laws and the national constitution. By 1920 they had gained voting rights in twenty-six states. The Nineteenth Amendment, ratified in 1920, ensures that the rights of citizens to vote cannot be denied because of sex. |