{"id":834,"date":"2013-12-12T09:57:15","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T14:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gettysburgflag.com\/blog\/?p=834"},"modified":"2024-06-26T15:05:25","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T19:05:25","slug":"idaho-had-its-own-betsy-ross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gettysburgflag.com\/blog\/idaho-had-its-own-betsy-ross\/","title":{"rendered":"Idaho had its own Betsy Ross"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most flags consist only of symbols, but about one-third of U.S. states have added something extra. Among others, California<\/span><\/a>, Kansas<\/span><\/a>, Montana<\/span><\/a> and Washington<\/span><\/a> let everyone know who they are by spelling out their name on their flags.<\/p>\n

\"Emma<\/a>
Emma Edwards Green<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Idaho<\/span><\/a> is another example, but it also has a one-of-a-kind distinction. Its state seal, which is part of the flag, was designed by Emma Edwards, the only female to have created a state seal. An art student, she submitted her proposed version to a contest held in the final decade of the 19th<\/sup> century, and she was handed $100 for her efforts in 1891, less than a year after the state joined the Union.<\/p>\n

Edwards went about creating the seal with deep thought and bright imagination. \u201cI was careful to make a thorough study of the resources and future possibilities of the State,\u201d she recounted. \u201cI invited the advice and counsel of every member of the Legislature and other citizens qualified to help.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"State<\/a>Part of her planning involved \u201cthe question of Woman Suffrage,\u201d she continued. Hoping that suffrage would arrive soon, she balanced the gender scales on the seal by drawing \u201ca mining man\u201d and then adding a \u201cwoman, signifying justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also sprinkled in all sorts of symbols: a star, a liberty cap, a pick and shovel, ore, a fir tree, grain, an elk\u2019s head, and even the state flower: a mock orange.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe star signifies a new light in the galaxy of states,\u201d she explained, while \u201cthe river depicted in the shield is our mighty Snake or Shoshone River, a stream of great majesty.\u201d<\/p>\n

To decide the hues in the seal, Edwards explained that \u201cmy principal desire was to use such colors as would typify pure Americanism and the history of the State. As Idaho was a virgin state, I robed my goddess in white and made the liberty cap\u2026the same color. In representing the miner, I gave him the garb of the period.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Flag<\/a><\/figure>\n

In 1896, to the artist\u2019s delight, Idaho became the fourth state to grant women the right to vote. In 1907, the state placed the work of Miss Edwards (who had become Mrs. Green in the interim) on the state flag and sealed the deal by writing \u201cState of Idaho\u201d across the bottom.<\/p>\n

By\u00a0James Breig<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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