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This colorful postcard, sent by Luther M. Nellis of Los Angeles, California, congratulates Lucy Johnston on the successful passage of an amendment granting full suffrage to Kansas women. Nellis firmly believes that the female vote will have a positive impact on Kansans and applauds Johnston's work as president of the Kansas Equal Suffrage Association.
Creator: Nellis, Luther M.
Date: November 7, 1912
This postcard could be grouped with the telegram from Ada James (also chosen from this standard) as a classroom illustration of how the entire nation was watching to see the outcome of the vote for the suffrage amendment in Kansas.
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Item Number: 211735
Call Number: Lucy B. Johnston Coll. 61, Box 5, Folder 8
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 211735
Collections - Manuscript - Johnston, Lucy Browne
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Reform/Advocacy - Kansas Equal Suffrage Association
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1880s to 1920s (Benchmark 4) - Women's suffrage (Indicator 1) - Amendment to state constitution
Date - 1910s - 1912
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Suffrage - Women
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Postcard
People - Notable Kansans - Johnston, Lucy Browne, 1846-1937
People - Women
Places - Other States - California - Los Angeles
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917 - Progressive Era, 1900 - 1916
Type of Material - Postcards
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