Object Details
- Description
- This ribbon was worn by a member of the Brooklyn Woman Suffrage Association.
- The ribbon honors Susan B. Anthony. The date, 1869, refers to the year in which Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton founded the National Woman’s Suffrage Association. The quote “Failure is Impossible” is from Anthony’s last public speech, delivered in 1906. In that speech Anthony proclaimed that she knew the struggle for women’s suffrage would end in victory because so many outstanding women had given the bulk of their lives to the cause. Anthony died shortly after giving the speech, and “Failure is Impossible” became a rallying cry for suffragists across the nation in her honor and memory.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- associated institution
- Brooklyn Woman Suffrage Association
- associated person
- Anthony, Susan
- date made
- 1869
- associated date
- 1869
- Credit Line
- Library of Congress
- Physical Description
- gold (overall color)
- silk (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 in x 1 3/4 in x 1/4 in; 15.24 cm x 4.445 cm x .635 cm
- Object Name
- badge
