Pinback Button, "International Women's Day"
Object Details
- Medium
- metal, plastic, paper
- Dimensions
- 1/4 × 2 5/16 in. (0.6 × 5.8 cm)
- Cite As
- Gift of Vernice D. Miller-Travis
- Caption
- This round pinback button commemorates the International Women's Day March that took place in Lexington, KY, in 1987. The pin features a drawing of a prison cell window resembling the American flag, from where a hand sticks out waving a flag of Puerto Rico. The drawing is inscribed inside a female gender symbol. Red lettering reads "Shut Down Control Units!". At the time of the march, Puerto Rican political activist Alejandrina Torres was incarcerated in the Lexington High Security Unit.
- The button is among more than 200 collected by Washington, DC-based environmental justice advocate Vernice Miller-Travis.
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- Accession Number
- 2022.13.141
- Type
- button
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- Anacostia Community Museum Collection
- Data Source
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Record ID
- acm_2022.13.141
