19th Amendment Womens Suffrage Flag

On August 18th, 1920, the 19th amendment was officially ratified and the fight for women’s suffrage celebrated their success. The National Woman’s Party and its leader Alice Paul, designed this flag as a symbol to those fighting for women’s right to vote. The purple, white, and gold of the flag symbolized the loyalty, quality and life of the cause.

Congress had passed the 19th amendment on June 4th, 1919 but three-fourths of the states needed to ratify it to make it official. Each time a state ratified the amendment, a needle was threaded and a star was added to the flag. The flag acted as a physical representation of the progress being made for the movement. 36 states were needed to add the amendment to the Constitution and Tennessee completed that requirement with their vote to ratify. The final star was then sewn onto the flag and displayed on the balcony of the National Women’s Party headquarters in Washington, D.C.

19th Amendment Women’s Suffrage Flag Size Recommendations

• 12x18” - Used on boats, wall decoration or on stick flags for celebrations
• 2x3’ - A smaller flag size usually used on large boats, RV’s or small flag poles
• 3x5’ - The most common flag size. Used on 6' house-mounted poles or in-ground poles up to 20' tall
• 4x6’ - Traditionally used on 25' tall in-ground flagpoles
• 5x8’ - Made for use on 30' tall in-ground flag poles
• 6x10’ - Made for use on 35' - 40' tall in-ground flagpoles
• Header and Grommet style - This is the most popular way to attach a flag and is used on house mounted poles and in-ground flag poles. Generally made of brass and connected via snap clip or plastic grommet rings like our rotating spinning pole.
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