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 white and blue background that is sectioned off into quarters through crisscross lines. A blue depiction of Shirley Chisholm is in the center of the button. Blue text surrounds the depiction of Chisholm and reads: [Shirley] in the upper left quadrant, [Right / ON] in the bottom left quadrant, and [1972 / Chisholm / PRESIDENT] in the bottom right quadrant. The back of the button is silver 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 11/16 × 1/2 × 3/16 in. (4.3 × 1.3 × 0.5 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2014.76.8
• 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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