Well this was fun! Sheryl sent me a calendar that has posters from the women's suffrage movement. It honors 100 years since women got the right to vote in the United States in 1920. There are many wonderful posters in it. I chose a portion of one that was published in Puck in 1914, This is only part of the poster. The other part has a man on a wagon. The caption is "Giddap! Friendly Farmer--Can't I give you a lift, girls? Suffragette 'General'--You can, sir, by voting for the Cause!"
The posters in this collection came from the Library of Congress, which is just a few blocks from me and is the world's largest library.
Thank you Sheryl---a good piece of history and a reminder that there is more work to be done. And also a very nice calendar!
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