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By the Numbers: Suffrage Movement

WOMEN ACROSS THE NATION WON THE RIGHT TO VOTE 100 YEARS AGO. A LOOK AT RELATED ARTIFACTS FROM THE HERITAGE AUCTIONS ARCHIVES.

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5 Babies

5NUMBER of babies visible in this vintage suffragist poster featuring characters by cartoonist Rose O’Neill. It sold for $12,500 at an October 2017 auction.

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11.25 Figurine

11.25INCHES HEIGHT of suffragist figurine marked “H.F. Smith April 24, 1912.” It sold for $3,883 at a May 2010 auction.

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13 Amendment

13 AMENDMENT referenced in this Missouri campaign badge. The proposed amendment to the state’s constitution was defeated in 1914. This badge realized $7,500 at an August 2018 auction.

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15 Autographs

15 AUTOGRAPHS by National Woman’s Party members, including suffrage leader Alice Paul, in this copy of Doris Stevens’ Jailed for Freedom. The book sold for $4,750 at a May 2017 auction.

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1999 Year

1999 YEAR the U.S. Mint erroneously struck this Susan B. Anthony dollar on a planchet meant for a Sacagawea dollar. It sold for $15,600 at an August 2019 auction.



This report appears in the Winter 2019-2020 edition of The Intelligent Collector magazine. Click here to subscribe to the print edition.


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