RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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Question
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People for it wore a pink scarf while those against it wore a blue scarf.
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People for it wore a blue bonnet while those against it wore a black bonnet.
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People for it wore a green shirt while those against it wore an orange shirt.
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People for it wore a yellow rose while those against it wore a red rose.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the early 1900s, the women’s suffrage movement used yellow roses to show support for women’s right to vote while anti-suffragists donned red roses to show their opposition to the movement. KNOXVILLE, Tenn.
Detailed explanation-2: -From then on, yellow (gold) became associated with the national women’s suffrage movement.[5, 6] It was described as “the color of light and life, is as the torch that guides our purpose, pure and unswerving.”[
Detailed explanation-3: -A blue bird was chosen by the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association in 1915, as their symbol. When it came time to vote for the amendment for their state, on July 19, 1915, an estimated 100, 000 tin blue birds were on display across the state in support of suffrage.
Detailed explanation-4: -On its founding, the International Woman Suffrage Alliance adopted yellow as its color. The color yellow or gold (for many practical purposes, they are the same color) had long been used by American suffragists and yellow and white came to be the colors that symbolized the international women’s suffrage movement.