Pen used by Missouri Governor Gardner to ratify the Federal Suffrage Amendment
- Item sets
- Women's Suffrage in St. Louis
- Title
- Pen used by Missouri Governor Gardner to ratify the Federal Suffrage Amendment
- Description
- This pen was used on July 3rd, 1919, by Governor Frederick D. Gardner in Jefferson City, MO, to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment. It states, "the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." The pen is also engraved with a description of its use on July 3rd, 1919.
- Creator
- Eberhard Faber Pencil Company
- Semester
- Spring 2026
- Subject
- Suffrage
- Suffrage Amendment
- Nineteenth Amendment
- Activism
- Voting Rights
- Women's Rights
- Temporal Coverage
- 1910 – July 3, 1919
- Spatial Coverage
- Missouri
- Cole County
- United States
- Language
- English
- Medium
- Writing utensil / nib pen, likely made of metal and wood
- Format
- .jpg
- Date
- July 3, 1919
- Source
- Missouri Historical Society
- https://mohistory.org/collections/item/X06566
- Is Part Of
- Suffrage
- 1910-1919
- Identifier
- X06566
- Explanation of Omeka Map Location
- The pen was used on July 3rd, 1919 in the Governor's Office, in Jefferson City, Missouri
