Button, Campaign
Button, Campaign
Button, Campaign

Button, Campaign

Object number2010.98.77
Manufacturer
OriginLaSalle, IL
MediumPlastic coated metal
Credit LineChildren of the Baker-Knoll family
DescriptionMedium-sized, circular campaign button. Black, white, and red. The background of the pin is covered in various black and white patterns. In black lettering on white boxes is voting message printed in the center, part of which has been colored in with red ink. The back is plain metal with fastener. Maker inscriptions located in the center of back.Dimensions2.375 x 7.5 in. (6 x 19.1 cm)
InscriptionsIn black and red lettering on white boxes, "WOMEN / Who Care / VOTE" is printed in the center; "VOTE" is printed in white, yet it was colored in with red ink.
MarksReverse center of pin has text including "BADGE-A-MINIT" in an inscribed square. Next to square "LASALLE / IL 61301" is printed.
Historical NotesPart of a collection relating to the life and political career of Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll. Born in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, Catherine Baker Knoll worked in the family business, Knoll Hotel and Restaurant, developing her people skills and beginning her political activism. In 1970, she became a state committee woman for the Democratic Party, then rose through the ranks of the state's Department of Transportation Bureau of Motor Vehicles. She was tapped by the party in 1976, to run for State Treasurer, but did not get elected to office until 1988. She easily won a second term in 1992, by a landslide vote. In 2002, she was elected as the state's first female Lieutenant Governor.
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