Photograph, Lucy Stone

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Description

Photo of Lucy Stone from a set of Progressive Chautauqua Cards. Each card has two prints of famous men or women. There are seven women in this set and Lucy Stone is one. Front of the cards to the right or left of the print gives the date born and in most cases date died, six questions printed in green by each man/woman. Back of the card is information to be read to the players to help identify the person is they have failed to answer correctly any of the six questions on front.

Object Information

Date Created:

1897

Local ID:

H.6056.10

Count:

1

Creator(s):

W. M. Ford

Rights:

No Known Copyright

Appears In

Resource Kit

Women's Voting Rights in Colorado-High School

Over 100 years ago, the 19th Amendment was passed. Our collective understanding of what this means to us as citizens and a nation have shifted throughout time. In this kit we will explore changing perspectives on, citizenship and exclusion, and the legacies of this moment in our state and federal history. What does it mean to be a citizen? How was voting and citizenship different then vs. today? Who was excluded from voting over time? What does voting mean to citizenship?

Created by: History Colorado, Denver Public Library, Special Collections and Archives

Resource Kit

Women's Voting Rights in Colorado-Middle School

Over 100 years ago the 19th Amendment was passed. It was the largest expansion of voting rights in US history and continues to be relevant today. How did women gain the right to vote and why does it matter? How was voting different then vs. today? Who was excluded from voting over time? Who were key leaders in the national and Colorado suffrage movement? How did Colorado passing women’s suffrage in 1893 help lead to national women’s suffrage in 1920? What was the long term impact?

Created by: History Colorado, Denver Public Library, Special Collections and Archives