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This poster advertises a woman suffrage meeting in Wakeeney, Trego County, to be held on June 19th and 20th, 1894. The speakers were Carrie Chapman-Catt, Annie Diggs (a well-known Populist), and Theresa Jenkins. Women in Kansas did not gain full suffrage until 1912.
Creator: Kansas Equal Suffrage Association (1884-1913)
Date: 1894
This is the only poster selected for this standard, and it can serve as an example of how suffrage associations promoted their meetings. It could be paired with the May 1894 article in The Farmer's Wife advertising suffrage meetings across the state.
KS:7th:4.1:Women's suffrage (2005)
Item Number: 211659
Call Number: K Port 324.3
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 211659
Collections - Library
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) - Campaign strategies and techniques
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1880s to 1920s (Benchmark 4) - Women's suffrage (Indicator 1) - Meetings and parades
Date - 1890s - 1894
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Suffrage - Women
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Women's rights
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Poster
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - WaKeeney
Places - Counties - Trego
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
Type of Material - Printed materials - Posters
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/211659