Read the excerpt from Suffragists' "Great Demand" Banner.American suffrage bannerThe Smithsonian’s Great Demand banner, as it came to be called, declares in bold words and style the determination of the women who made and carried it. Their campaign on behalf of women sought to move America one step closer to fulfilling the nation’s long-deferred promise of equality under the law.Now read the excerpt from A History of the World in 100 Objects.As a campaigning strategy it was a stroke of genius. The artist Felicity Powell has a special interest in subversive medals:The idea is incredibly clever, because it uses the potential that coinage has, a bit like the internet today, to be widely circulated.