Button, Campaign
Button, Campaign
Button, Campaign

Button, Campaign

Object number2010.98.75
Date1996
MediumPlastic coated metal
Credit LineChildren of the Baker-Knoll family
DescriptionCircular campaign button. Red, white, and blue. The background color of the pin is white. In the center of the pin, a printed image of the shape of Pennsylvania in red and blue. Inside the red and blue, candidate names and year are printed in white. Underneath that is a symbol of the keystone connected with a capital "D". The back is plain metal with fastener.Dimensions2.25 x 7.1 in. (5.7 x 18 cm)
InscriptionsFront has white text "CLINTON / GORE '96".

Underneath that is a symbol of the keystone connected with a capital "D".
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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