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The following maps and charts, prepared, with the exception of No. 1, from reports which have been received from the State Divisions, show the remarkable growth of the Woman's Committee during the first year of its existence. In spite of many…

Map of the results of the November 1915 vote to amend the PA Constitution to extend suffrage to women by county.

The National American Woman Suffrage Association organized parades in a variety of cities for May Day. Hannah J. Patterson in her role as Chair of the Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Party led the parade in Pittsburgh. Patterson is pictured in the center…

Evening Ledger (Philadelphia, PA), October 4, 1915 article describing a "Suffrage Day" event on July 7, 1915, Hannah Patterson threw out the first pitch in a double-header baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Giants. The…

This is a close-up photograph of Hannah J. Patterson holding a Votes for Women banner at the annual PWSA meeting in Scranton, PA in November 1914

This suffrage parade held in Pittsburgh in May 1912 began at the Pittsburgh suffrage headquarters at the Jenkins Arcade Building on Penn Avenue, proceeded to Anderson St. to Liberty Avenue to Fifth Avenue back at the Arcade. The line-up included…

Portrait of Hannah J. Patterson by artist Wayman Adams. The portrait was commissioned by Patterson's close friend, Jennie Bradley Roessing upon Patterson's death in 1937. The portrait hangs in Patterson Lounge, Laird Hall on the campus of Wilson…

Pittsburgh Press November 12, 1912 photograph of "Women Who Were Honored by Suffrage Ranks. Top, left - Mrs. Frank M. Roessing of Pittsburgh, who was selected president of the Pennsylvania Suffrage Association. Top, right - Miss Hannah Patterson of…