Nametag for international women's conference belonging to Etta Moten Barnett: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This is an international women’s conference name badge belong to Etta Moten Barnett. It is a pink rectangular piece of paper with black text. Across the top in Spanish it reads “ Tribuna Mudial del / Ano Internacional de la / Mujer.” Under this in smaller text it reads “Mexico, 19 Junio -2 Julio 1975.” In the top left corner of the card is a graphic in black ink of an abstracted female face. It consists of an oval with a female symbol of a circle on top of a cross as the eye and mouth. In the upper right corner are two over lapping circles with the letters “O / N / G / O” in them. In the center of the card is hand typed text that reads “ETTA MOTEN BARNETT.” At the bottom is hand typed text that reads “THE LINKS INC. NAT’L COUNCIL OF / NEGRO WOMEN, WOMEN’S BOARD UNIV. / OF CHICAGO.” In the bottom left corner is a handwritten number in ink “0617.” In the bottom right corner is a signature handwritten in ink “Etta M. Barnett.” There is pre-printed text in Spanish on the back of the card, and a metal pin for fastening the badge. The badge is housed in a clear plastic sleeve.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: June 19-July 2 1975
• Subject of: The Links, Incorporated, American, founded 1946
• Subject of: National Council of Negro Women, American, founded 1935
• Subject of: The Women's Board University of Chicago, American, founded 1960
• Owned by: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
• Type: tags
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product) , plastic
• Dimensions: H x W: 2 11/16 × 4 1/8 in. (6.8 × 10.4 cm)
• Place used: Mexico City, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Broadway Theatre
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Topic: Women
• Topic: Women's organizations
• Object number: A2022.13.1.64.3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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