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Woman-Suffrage Map of the World, showing the Forms of Enfranchisement granted in various Countries

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Title:
Woman-Suffrage Map of the World, showing the Forms of Enfranchisement granted in various Countries
Alternate Title:
Woman-Suffrage Map of the World
Collection:
Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
Creator:
Knobe, Bertha Damaris
Date:
1908
Posted Date:
2017-04-14
ID Number:
2089.01
File Name:
PJM_2089_01.jpg
Style/Period:
1900 - 1919
Subject:
Suffrage
Unusual Graphics/Text
Measurement:
9 x 19 on page 34 x 23 (centimeters, height x width)
Notes:
One of the very first published suffrage maps, from a 1908 article in Harper's Weekly, by Bertha Knobe, who first produced the map. It illustrates both the domestic U.S. situation and suffrage around the world. In this version of the map, the states that had adopted suffrage are shown in black, and those that had not in white, a convention soon reversed.

For details on the origin of the suffrage map and its critical importance in gaining the vote for women, see Notes for ID #1193 "Votes for Women a Success." For other examples of the suffrage map, Search > "Suffrage."

For further information on the Collector’s Notes and a Feedback/Contact Link, see https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/about-collection-personal-statement and https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/feedback-and-contact
Source:
Knobe, Bertha Demaris, "Votes for Women: An Object Lesson," Harper's Weekly, April 25, 1908
Repository:
Private Collection of PJ Mode
Format:
Image
Rights:
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