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image by Pete Loeser, 15 November 2009
Suffrage protest flag, first seen in 1902. In 1902, what would become the Women's Suffrage movement created their own version of the Stars and Stripes with only four stars (The American flag had 45 stars at this time) to represent the only four states that allowed women to vote at the time.
Pete Loeser, 15 November 2009
image by Pete Loeser, 15 November 2009
The gold-white-purple horizontal tricolor became the flag of the American suffrage movement. In 1913, Alice Paul and Lucy Burns had founded the "Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage", but in 1917 it was renamed The National Woman's Party (NWP).
Pete Loeser, 15 November 2009
image by Pete Loeser, 15 November 2009
As the 19th amendment made its way through the approval process, the NWP sewed a star on their "ratification banner" after each state ratified the amendment. They needed 36.
Pete Loeser, 15 November 2009