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Women's Suffrage 100th Anniversary Exhibit

The 19th Amendment and Votes for Women in Minnesota

The Minnesota State Law Library is hosting the traveling exhibit,

100 Years after the 19th Amendment: Their Legacy, and Our Future

 October 4-18, 2021.  

In this guide, you will find information about women's suffrage in Minnesota and
related resources available at the Minnesota State Law Library and online.

Suffrage Banner

"Not Privilege But Justice" Suffrage Banner from the Minnesota Historical Society

St. Paul Political Equality Club banner

National Suffrage Association, 1910

Photograph from the Minnesota Historical Society

National American Woman Suffrage Association

MN Scandinavian Suffrage Parade

Suffrage procession, Minneapolis; Scandinavian women in national costume with flags, May 2, 1914

Suffrage procession, Minneapolis; Scandinavian women in national costume with flags.

Suffrage banner

"There Are Many Arguments Against it But No Reasons" Suffrage Banner from the Minnesota Historical Society

Women's suffrage banner

Suffragette wagon in northern Minnesota

Decorated wagon for the suffragette movement with sign reading Votes for Women. From the Northwest Minnesota Historical Center

Suffragette wagon, northern Minnesota

University of Minnesota's women's suffrage club, 1913

Photograph from the Minnesota Historical Society

University of Minnesota's women's suffrage club.

Suffrage banner

"We Believe in Equal Suffrage Because We Believe in Democracy" Suffrage Banner from the Minnesota Historical Society

St. Paul Political Equality Club banner

Protestor in front of the White House, 1913

Photograph from the American Bar Association

Protestor in front of the White House, 1913

Suffrage parade in Washington, D.C., March 1913.

Inez Milholland Boissevain preparing to lead the March 3, 1913, suffrage parade in Washington, D.C.

Inez Boissevain, wearing white cape, seated on white horse at the suffrage parade in Washington, D.C., March 1913.

Suffrage banner

"Votes for Women" Suffrage Banner from the Minnesota Historical Society

Votes for Women badge

Legislators Kempfer and Paige both elected in 1922

Two House members confer, Representative Hannah Kempfer and Representative Mabeth Hurd Paige, 1941, from the Minnesota Historical Society

Legislators Kempfer and Paige both elected in 1922