Suffragists marching through New York City on May 3, 1913, lobbying for the right to vote by organizing parades marches.
Purple represented loyalty, gold was a nod to the sunflowers of Kansas where Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton campaigned (although in Britain they used green to signify hope), and white to represent purity and virtue
These 3 colors became emblematic of the women’s suffrage movement at large. Suffragettes would wear purple and gold/ green sashes over a white dress at public events.