Pinback button for the Women's Bail Fund: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A red-orange and black pinback button for the Women's Bail Fund. Black text around the button reads [All Prisoners Are Political Prisoners / Women's Bail Fund]. At center there is a depiction of a woman behind bars, the depiction is surrounded by the women's symbol. On the exterior edge, there is an illegible manufacturer's mark. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1970s
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Women's Bail Fund, American, founded 1970
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 1/4 × 1 1/4 × 3/16 in. (3.2 × 3.2 × 0.5 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Prisons
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2013.68.22
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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