T-Shirt
Object number2021.98.14
Manufacturer
Hanes
Date1988
MediumCotton
Credit LineGift of Amy Berlin
DescriptionWhite short-sleeved T-shirt. Image on front features two feet wearing high heel sandals. There are anklets around each ankle. The foot on the proper right is stepping on an assault rifle, which has flowers and other plants bursting out of it. There is a sun beaming in the background, between the two feet. Black text above and below images. DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (flat): 25.75 x 30 x 0.5 in. (65.4 x 76.2 x 1.3 cm)InscriptionsText on front reads: " 'IF I CAN'T DANCE / IT'S NOT MY REVOLUTION' / (THESE ARE NOT EMMA'S FEET)".
MarksMaker's mark reads: "Hanes / BEEFY / 100% COTTON / MADE IN U.S.A. / M 38-40". Back of tag contains garment care information.
"© Nelson Whole in the Universe Unltd 1988"
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.
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Anne Feeney
(1951 - 2021)
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