Badge, Campaign
Object number2010.98.82
MediumPlastic Case/Paper card
Credit LineChildren of the Baker-Knoll family
DescriptionRectangular campaign badge. Paper card inside of a transparent plastic case with a fastener. Card is white, blue, and pink on front side. Blue printed box inside of a larger white box. Inside blue box is political message in white and pink text with two white stars near bottom. Illegible print is found underneath the star on the right hand side. The back of the paper card is black and white and has printed black event information.Dimensions2.25 x 3.5 in. (5.7 x 8.9 cm)InscriptionsFront of the badge's card has white and pink text "WHEN WOMEN RUN / WOMEN / WIN / National Women's Political Caucas".
The back of the paper card has printed in black "The / Congressional / Mainstream Forum / WELCOMES / Albert Knoll".
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.
Related institution
Democratic Party
Previous owner
Catherine Baker Knoll
(1930 - 2008)
Related institution
National Women’s Political Caucus
Related institution
Albert Baker Knoll
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