Pinback button for the Shirley Chisholm presidential campaign: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A circular metal pin-back button. The button has a red background with white type that reads: [Catalyst / for Change / CHISHOLM / for PRESIDENT / '72] in different fonts. Outlined and filled-in stars surround the text. The edge of the button has two logo designs in white. One is a diamond shape with the text: [LPIU] in the middle of the diamond. The other logo has a wheel like symbol and has text on either side. The back of the button is gold in color and has a single pin without a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1972
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Shirley Anita Chisholm, American, 1924 - 2005
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 7/8 × 1 11/16 × 3/16 in. (4.8 × 4.3 × 0.5 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2014.76.7
• 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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