Button, Campaign
Object number2023.168.2
Date2008
MediumMetal; Paper; Celluloid; Ink
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
DescriptionCircular celluloid campaign button. The face of the button has a yellow background and a dark blue text bubble on the top center with white text inside. In the center there is a color image of a white woman imitating a Rosie the Riveter pose. Solid metal back with open back closure. DimensionsDiameter x Depth: 2.25 x 0.25 in. (5.7 x 0.6 cm)InscriptionsWhite text in blue text bubble reads: "WE CAN DO IT!"
Historical NotesButton from the 2008 Clinton presidential primary campaign. Hillary Clinton won many primaries, but lost the Democratic Party nomination to Barack Obama during the 2008 United States presidential election.
Related person
Brenda L. Frazier
Related person
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton
(born 1947)
On View
Not on view2008
Champion
c. 1944