Collection Highlights
Our Indian Policy
Date:
1875
Object Number:
PR.029.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Button
Object Number:
2002.70.40
Date:
1960-1970
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Marks:
printed: on side of button: "20TH Anniv."
Description:
Circular pin-back button: "WSP";featured is an image of a dove with a branch in its beak; blue and white.
Gallery Label:
This button advocated the Women's Strike for Peace Organization, a group founded by Bella Abzug in 1961. She chaired it when from 1961-1970, when it was most visible in the fight for a peaceful resolution to war.
Credit Line:
Gift of Beatrice J. Siegel
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
