Item 31552 - Suffrage vote poster, Portland, 1917
- Item 31552 - Suffrage vote poster, Portland, 1917
- Contributed by Maine Historical Society
- Item 31552
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Image Info A poster produced by the Suffrage Referendum League of Maine that points to the inequalities between Maine and Oregon because Oregon women can vote and Maine women cannot.
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The poster was part of a referendum campaign for a constitutional amendment to allow Maine women to vote. The vote was held Sept. 10, 1917 and the amendment was rejected.
The artist is William Ourcadie, pseudonym for Frederic W. Freeman.
