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Rhode Island Sufffrage Association Ribbon. Rhode Island Suffrage Association Ribbon.

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Rhode Island Sufffrage Association Ribbon. Rhode Island Suffrage Association Ribbon.
<B>Rhode Island Suffrage Association Ribbon.</B></I> The Rhode Island Suffrage Association issued this 2.25" x 5" ribbon for an 1841 rally in Newport. It depicts the state symbol of Rhode Island at the top. The Suffrage Association was formed in March of 1840, organized by the unfranchised people of Rhode Island to change the laws that allowed only land owning persons to vote. The rally for which this ribbon was issued called for "Liberal extensions of the suffrage to native citizens of the U.S. and Rhode Island itself. A rare piece of suffrage history for any collection.