National Women's Conference ID card belonging to Etta Moten Barnett: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This is a 1977 National Women’s Conference ID card belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. It is a plastic laminated card with a color photograph of Etta Moten Barnett in the top left hand corner. In the photograph Etta Moten Barnett is depicted from the neck up. She is wearing a black top and glasses. In the upper right corner of the card is hand typed text in black ink that reads “ No. 7603.” Below it are pre-printed lines filled in with hand typed text that read “NAME / Etta Moten Barnett / CLASSIFICATION / D A L / STATE / Ill. / SERIAL NUMBER / 1806 / SIGNATURE / Etta Moten Barnett [handwritten].” Along the bottom margin is black text that reads “ NATIONAL WOMEN’S CONFERENCE 1977.” In the bottom right corner is a small black graphic. The graphic resembles a black oval with a flat top, missing its upper right corner. Down the center of the oval is the symbol for a female. Towards the top left of the oval are two horizontal lines. At the center top of the ID card is a round hole with a piece of string tied through it. The back of the card is blank.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1977
• Issued by: National Women's Conference, American, founded 1977
• Owned by: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
• Type: identifying cards
• Medium: plastic and string (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 2 5/16 × 3 1/4 in. (5.9 × 8.2 cm)
• Place used: Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Broadway Theatre
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Political organizations
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Topic: Women
• Object number: A2022.13.1.78.3
• 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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