Lunch Bite on National Woman's Party banner
September 15, 2017 |
Museum Collections Manager Katherine Hill discusses the symbolism behind the National Woman’s Party banner, ca. 1913-1920, currently on display in our exhibition The Great Crusade: World War I and the Legacy of the American Revolution (on loan from the National Woman’s Party at the Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument, Washington, D.C.). Women mobilized for World War I in unprecedented numbers as nurses on the Western Front, as factory workers, as volunteers, and in dozens of other roles. Their entrance into the workforce furthered their ongoing campaign for the right to vote, which was finally ratified in 1920. Tricolor banners like this one were among the numerous popular objects used to represent their cause.
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The Society of the Cincinnati-Anderson House |
2118 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20008 |
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Catherine Harris |
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charris@societyofthecincinnati.org |
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202-495-7127 |
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