suffrage – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 16:23:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg suffrage – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Suffrage Maps https://www.maproomblog.com/2016/11/suffrage-maps/ Tue, 08 Nov 2016 16:23:37 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=3331 More]]> "The Awakening," Puck Magazine, 20 February 1915. P. J. Mode Collection of Persuasive Cartography, Cornell University Library.
Henry Mayer, “The Awakening.” Puck Magazine, 20 February 1915. P. J. Mode Collection of Persuasive Cartography, Cornell University Library.

With Hillary Clinton quite possibly on the verge of being elected the first woman president of the U.S., it’s not surprising that some attention has been given to the women’s suffrage movement of the late 19th and early 20th century. The suffrage movement used maps to make the case for voting rights for women, particularly as western states began to extend the franchise to women in advance of the 19th Amendment. Yesterday Atlas Obscura posted a selection of suffrage maps from the P. J. Mode Collection of Persuasive Cartography at Cornell University Library (search results). And the British Library’s Twitter account posted this suffragist flyer this morning:

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