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T-Shirt

Object number2021.98.12

Manufacturer Lifewear

Date2005

MediumCotton

Credit LineGift of Amy Berlin

DescriptionRed short-sleeved T-shirt. Front features a white logo, depicting four women facing diagonally proper left. Text above and below image. Union labor logo beneath the images of the women. The text above and below image is black with a yellow outline. Black text to the top proper left section above the image. White text on either side of the image. Blue text at the very bottom of the logo. White union label printed below blue text. Women in logo have various hair colors and skin tones. Same union label from the front of the shirt is in the center of the logo. It consists of a red outline in a four-sided shape, containing white text. In the center is a compass opening upwards, and an inverted folding ruler, with text within these instruments. A vertical jack plane within the center of these instruments, against a red background. DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (flat): 29.25 x 41 x 0.5 in. (74.3 x 104.1 x 1.3 cm)
InscriptionsText on front reads: "SISTERS / BUILDING UNITY / IN THE / BROTHERHOOD / UBC WOMEN'S / CONFERENCE / 2005". Union logo reads: "UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA" around outside of logo. Text on ruler instrument reads: "LABOR VINCIT OMNIA". Translation: "Work Conquers All".

Text on back read: "SISTERS / BUILDING UNITY / IN THE / BROTHERHOOD / UBC WOMEN'S / CONFERENCE / 2005". Union logo reads: "UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA" around outside of logo. Text on ruler instrument reads: "LABOR VINCIT OMNIA". Translation: "Work Conquers All".
MarksTag reads: "LIFEWEAR / UNITE! / UNION MADE IN THE U.S.A. / X- LARGE". Care instructions printed on back of tag.
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 at age 69.

Previous owner Anne Feeney (1951 - 2021)

Related institution UBC Sisters in the Brotherhood

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