Voter registration card of Josephina H. Maxim, Hartford, March 22, 1916

Metadata

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/11134/50002:14495

Title

Voter registration card of Josephina H. Maxim, Hartford, March 22, 1916

Supplied	yes

Origin Information

Date Created	1920

Parent Item

Hartford Voter Registration Records Collection

Voter Registration Art Project

Resource Type

Still image

Digital Origin

reformatted digital

Description

Voter registration card of Josephina H. Maxim of 550 Prospect Avenue, Hartford, March 22, 1916. No birthdate or occupation is entered. "Over 21" is entered in the age space. Her birthplace is entered as Hagerstown Md [Maryland]. The original Prospect Avenue address is crossed out; "276 Whitney" is written below to the left. Other notations: at upper right "10" and "1"

Genre

voters' lists

Organizations

Creator (cre): City of Hartford

Subject

Geographic Subject

550 Prospect Avenue (Hartford, Conn.)

276 Whitney Street (Hartford, Conn.)

Extent

1 card

Held By

Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library

Rights Statement

NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES

Note

Connecticut women acquired the right to vote for school officials in 1893 and on library issues in 1909. They were granted full suffrage in 1920 through the 19th Amendment, which Connecticut was the 37th state to ratify. There are approximately 180,000 voter registration cards in the Hartford Voter Registration Records Collection, which contains checklists of voters and voter registration cards from the City of Hartford for the 1840-2009 time period.

Note	Josephina Maxim was the wife of inventor Hiram Percy Maxim. She was an activist and a founder of the Connecticut League of Women Voters.

Note	Voter Registration Art Project

Note Type	source note
Note	Hartford Voter Registration Records Collection

Local Identifier

hpl_hhc_vrr_1920w_s2-1_006973

Voter registration card of Josephina H. Maxim, Hartford, March 22, 1916

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