Ada C. Bittenbender and the Nebraska Woman Suffrage Association
Ada Cole Bittenbender, a leader in the woman suffrage and temperance movements, was also one of Nebraska's first woman lawyers and only the third woman admitted to ...
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Nebraska Next: The Fight to Enfranchise Nebraska Women
The photograph and artifacts featured above are just a sample of the items relating to the movement to ensure a woman’s right to vote in History Nebraska’s collection. ...
12-Star Suffrage Flag, 1911-1917
The first US flag had 13 stars. Why does this one have only 12?
This flag from the Nebraska History Museum collections bears a star for each of the states in which ...
No Votes for Women—Nebraska Anti-Suffrage Propaganda
Photo: “Woman’s Rights #2,” detail of 1902 stereograph image by Omaha and Lincoln photographer J.M. Calhoun. History Nebraska RG3279-2
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Votes for Women Exhibit at the Nebraska History Museum Wins 2020 AASLH Award of Excellence
The American Association for State and Local History and History Nebraska proudly announce that History Nebraska is the recipient of an Award of Excellence for the Votes ...
“Girls, if you want to vote…”: fraud, condescension, and voting rights in 1919 Nebraska
Anti-suffragists reacted to Nebraska's 1917 limited suffrage law with a mix of condescension and actual fraud. But it didn't work.
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