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This photo from 1913 is another example of women gathering together to fight for women's suffrage. Held right before the Suffrage Parade in Wilmington, this parade was held in a small community called Arden. Arden was founded in 1900 as a Single-tax Community and is still notable for their arts. At the time this villiage was progressive and residents were large supporters of the Women's Suffrage movement. 

This advertisment was placed in the Evening Journal (Wilmington) on March 6, 1913 by The Shredded Wheat Company. This Newspaper clipping shows how much of a prominent political issue the 19th Amendment really was. These ads were seen by thousands of Delaware residents and the push for the 19th amendment was so strong, but Delaware still was not the final state to ratify the amendment for the country. 

The Woman Citizen book is an example of women wanting to get involved with politics and civics. Different women's clubs, such as the Equal Suffrage Study Club, used books like this in order to teach themselves how to be active in democracy. Women's clubs were a key way of organizing women to push legislation and organize petitions. 

This handbill represents another strategy that women fighting for the right to voted used. In 1909, the New York State Suffrage association handed out these instructions to members. It is assumed that petitoning was a common form of gaining and showing support to legislators in all states. Women's Suffrage activists worked tirelessly in order to pass the Women's Suffrage laws state by state before it was eventually ratified into the U.S Consitution as the 19th Amendment.