Button, Political
Object number2012.128.2
Datec. 1980
MediumMetal
Credit LineGift of Judy Rubinstein
DescriptionCircular pinback button. Obverse is white with black printed message surrounding a central Star of David with a male figure separated from female and child figures by an image of barbed wire. Safety pin in reverse.Dimensions2.25 x 2.25 in. (5.7 x 5.7 cm)InscriptionsObverse has black print: "WOMEN'S PLEA / [image of the Star of David with a male figure separated from female and child figures by an image of barbed wire] / SOVIET JEWS".
Historical NotesButton from the Soviet Jewry Movement. The Soviet Jewry movement spread through Jewish communities in the 1960s and 1970s in reaction to persecution of Jews within Soviet bloc countries.
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c. 1980
Stella Marrs
1847-1969
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1847-1969