FAN: To New York Voters.
[Suffrage, NY]. [National American Woman Suffrage Association]. Suffrage Fan: “To New York Voters.” [New York]: N.W.S. Pub. Co., [ca. 1915-1917].
Fan: printed cardboard square, 7 x 7,” stapled to 7” wooden handle (11” long in all), cardboard fan printed in deep gold and black; fan considerably worn — chewed along one edge (lacking a 2 x 3/4” piece at one corner affecting the “T” in “To New...”) and a 1 x 3” triangular piece missing kitty-corner (cutting off “6th”); 1/2” closed tear at top edge; fair only, but print is only slightly affected.
One side of the fan reads: “To New York Voters / The rose is red / The violet’s blue / We want to vote / As well as you! [within a large heart] / Have A Heart! Vote for Woman Suffrage Nov. [6th].” The other side: “Keep Cool / and raise / A Breeze for Suffrage ! / Vote for / Woman / Suffrage / Nov. 6th [printed twice, on either side of wooden handle].” After the 1915 woman suffrage referendum failed in New York, the NAWSA and other suffrage groups immediately sought another referendum on the issue. A wide variety of suffrage ephemera — books, flyers, handbills, buttons, tags — appeared to spark the voters' interest and gain their support for the Nov. 6th, 1917 vote. This is one of the more winsome. Obviously, a cardboard fan was a particularly vulnerable object and despite its flaws, this one is a survivor, still conveying an effective message.
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