Collection Highlights
Section of water pipe
1800-1840
X.47
Wood, iron
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Button
Object name
Button
Date
ca. 1961
Medium
Metal
Dimensions
diameter: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description
Circular pin-back button with image of woman in profile with dove; inscribed "I AM A WOMAN FOR PEACE W.S.P."; white and blue.
Credit Line
Gift of Beatrice J. Siegel
Object Number
2002.70.1
Gallery Label
The W.S.P or Women's Strike for Peace organization was founded by Bella Abzug and Dagmar Wilson as a result of an international protest of nuclear weapons testing held on November 1, 1961. From the 1960's to the 1990's it continued to voice its opposition to nuclear armaments and supported the peace movement.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
