Suffrage Map of North America - Equal Suffrage is Coming
- Title:
- Suffrage Map of North America - Equal Suffrage is Coming
- Alternate Title:
- Equal Suffrage is Coming
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Boston Equal Suffrage Association for Good Government
- Date:
- 1916
- Posted Date:
- 2017-04-14
- ID Number:
- 2189.01
- File Name:
- PJM_2189_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1900 - 1919
- Subject:
- Suffrage
Politics & Government - Measurement:
- 18 x 12 on sheet 24 x 19 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- An advertisement promoting the woman's suffrage movement, prominently displayed on page 3 (following the ad for Tiffany's!) of the Freshman "facebook" published in 1916 for the Harvard Freshman Class of 1919. The map contrasts the situation in 1837, when women could not vote anywhere in North America, to the multiple U.S. states and Canadian provinces that allowed at least partial suffrage in 1916, concluding "Equal Suffrage is Coming." Quoting from the Declaration of Independence that governments derive "their just powers from the consent of the governed," the advertisement concludes, "Women Are Governed."
The timing is particularly interesting because the year when this freshman class graduated, 1919, is the year in which the Congress enacted the Nineteenth Amendment and sent it to the states for ratification.
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:
- Harvard College. 1916. The Harvard Freshman Red Book: The Yearbook of the Class of 1919, p.3. Cambridge: Printed for the Class.
- Repository:
- Private Collection of PJ Mode
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.