Button, Membership
Object number2010.49.9
Mediummetal
Credit LineGift of Ruth Byrd Smith
DescriptionMetal circular button. Obverse: green border, white center. Black and white text.Dimensions1.625 x 1.625 in. (4.1 x 4.1 cm)InscriptionsBlack and white text, "A WOMAN'S PLACE IS IN HER UNION / [in center] UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICAN / AFL CIO CLC".
Historical NotesUnited Steel Workers of America button. Part of a collection belonging to James W, Carter a township commissioner of North Versailles, Pennsylvania, from the 1920s to the 1960s. Carter was a member of several fraternal organizations including the American Woodmen, Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows, and the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elk of the World Lodge 515.
Related institution
United Steelworkers of America
Previous owner
James Walter Carter
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Whitehead & Hoag Company
1929-2011
1966
c. 1908