WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE ALICE PAUL "OUR REPRESENTATIVE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS" BUTTON.
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Winning Bid:
$454.30
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, March 15, 2022 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, March 15, 2022 9:00:00 PM)
Item Description
6" w/cardboard insert on reverse designed to allow insertion of a picture through back opening. Copyright 1917 by Bloom & Bloom, Minneapolis. This item is often seen featuring doughboys from WWI. This features the National Women's Party (NWP) leader Alice Paul surrounded by colorful, patriotic graphics. A 1" scuff at 12 o'clock noticeable only in reflected light. Otherwise a few scattered light brown age spots contained to edges. VF. A similar example was featured on the cover of the American Political Items Collectors magazine The Keynoter in a special Suffrage issue published in 2008. While it is impossible to know when the photo was inserted, the dot tone printing indicates the image was printed during the period. The badge alone is uncommon in our experience and together they make a compelling centerpiece in a suffrage display.
Alice Paul, along w/ Lucy Burns were leaders in the National Women's Party (NWP), organized the Silent Sentinels who demonstrated outside the White House. The group was the first in American history to picket the White House becoming known for their banners and inflammatory slogans aimed directly at Wilson and their silence while protesting. In June of 1917 many began to be arrested for obstructing traffic and were sent to the Occoquan Workhouse where they were treated in cruel fashion. Subsequent media coverage across the country helped to swing support nationally for a suffrage amendment. NWP continued demonstrations until June 4, 1919 when the 19th amendment passed.
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