T-Shirt
Object number2021.98.3
Date2003
MediumCotton
Credit LineGift of Amy Berlin
DescriptionBlue short-sleeve cotton T-shirt. Image of three women in the center, all wearing blue utility shirts. Two are holding up their proper right arm up, and the woman on the viewer's right is holding up her proper left arm, flexing their arm muscle. All women are wearing red with white polka dot bandanas on their heads. There is white text above this image, white text set against a red background below image, and white text below this. Manufacturer's information on the inside back of the neck. DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (flat): 28.75 x 38 x 0.5 in. (73 x 96.5 x 1.3 cm)InscriptionsText on the front of the shirt reads: "A Woman's Place is..." at the top, and "IN HER UNION! / APWU LOCAL 44 / DES MOINES, IA / Image Pointe 2003®". Union label in viewer's lower right section below text.
MarksMaker's mark on the neck reads: "Union / Line [UFCW / LOCAL 1546 / a VOICE for working America / UNION MADE IN USA / XL".
Historical NotesCollection of items that belonged to donor’s mother Anne Feeney including jacket, purse, t-shirts, concert passes and buttons. Feeney was a local musician, activist, and attorney. Feeney toured the country and the world, but Pittsburgh remained her hometown. She remained active in local activist organizations like the Thomas Merton Center, Pittsburgh NOW and Pittsburgh Action Against Rape, which she helped organize in 1972. She was active in the environmental, labor, women’s rights, and anti-war movements. Born in Charleroi and raised in Brookline she earned her B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1974 and then a law degree in 1978. Her grandfather was a union organizer in the mine’s and played the violin, he influenced her future activism and interest in music. She always enjoyed playing music, purchasing the guitar she used throughout her career in 1967 and giving her first public performance two years later, but it wasn’t until 1989 that she devoted herself fulltime to her music career, after a twelve year career as an attorney. The rest of her life she performed around the world at protests, festivals, political rallies and labor events. Feeney released twelve recordings and is perhaps best known for the song “Have You Been to Jail for Justice” that was covered by Peter, Paul, & Mary. She received the Joe Hill Aware in 2005, a national award that honors artists and activists who support the labor movement. She passed from complications of pneumonia related to Covid-19 on February 3, 2021 at age 69.
Related institution
American Postal Workers Union
Previous owner
Anne Feeney
(1951 - 2021)
Related institution
University of Pittsburgh
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Bella+Canvas
Marlow White Uniforms, Inc.
Champion
1972