Button, Political
Object number2023.85.1
Date1993
MediumMetal; Paper; Plastic; Ink
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
DescriptionCircular metal celluloid closed back button with horizontal, clasped pinback. Face of button features blue and yellow background, with an illustration of a woman wearing a blue shirt and a red headband with white polka dots in her hair. She is rolling up her right shirt sleeve with her left hand and flexing her right arm. There is light blue text to the viewer's right of the image. White text around outside yellow center, within the blue outside edge. Silver metal back. DimensionsDiameter x Depth: 3.438 x 0.25 in. (8.7 x 0.6 cm)InscriptionsText at the top reads: "NOW LET'S GET TO WORK". Text within the yellow section reads: "FAMILY LEAVE / HEALTH CARE / EDUCATION / DAY CARE / CHOICE / ABUSE / JOBS / AIDS". White text at the bottom reads: "INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON JANUARY 20 1993".
Historical NotesRosie the Riveter pinback button from Bill Clinton's 1993 inauguration.
Related person
William Jefferson Clinton
(born 1946)
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