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Progressive Era: 1890–1920s: Women Suffrage

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Ballot box used as the first and only woman’s Presidential ballot box, used in the campaign of 1883-1884. Date unknown. Unknown artist. Wood. Collection of Oakland Museum of California. Gift of Mrs. S. Gertrude Smyth.

This is a photograph of the first and only woman’s Presidential Ballot Box. It was used in the Presidential campaign of 1883-84. The SSS painted on the ballot box stands for Social Science Sisterhood. In 1884, Mrs. Marietta Stow founded the Equal Rights Party and ran as that party’s candidate on the Presidential ticket in 1884 and 1888 along with Mrs. Belva Lockwood as the Vice Presidential nominee.

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Timeline: Progressive Era: 1890–1920s
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