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T-Shirt

Object number2021.98.16

Manufacturer Windjammer

Date1998

MediumCotton

Credit LineGift of Amy Berlin

DescriptionGreen sleeveless T-shirt. Lower half consists of fringe made from cutting vertical strips of fabric at the bottom of the shirt. In the center, there is a black rectangular background, featuring an illustration of a woman wearing a white dress in the center, standing on a grassy field, holding up a large wreath around her. There are ribbons twisting throughout the weather and around her feet, containing black text. White text above and below image. White text below image, printed on green background of the shirt. Labor union printed below text. DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (flat): 27.25 x 20 x 0.5 in. (69.2 x 50.8 x 1.3 cm)
InscriptionsText in top section reads: "THE EARTH FOR / ALL THE PEOPLE" Text in lower section of the shirt reads: "THAT IS THE DEMAND! / EUGENE VICTOR DEBS - 1904 / INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY, MAY 1, 1998 - MADISON, WISCONSIN".

Text printed in the ribbons, from the bottom right corner, around the top of the wreath, to the bottom proper left corner, reads:

"NO PEOPLE CAN BE FREE WHILE / DEPENDENT FOR THEIR BREAD"

"INTERNATIONAL / LABOR SOLIDARITY"

"NO CHILD / LABOR"

"PRODUCTION FOR USE / NOT FOR PROFIT"

"SUSTAINABLE / AGRICULTURE"

"THE CAUSE OF LABOR / IS THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE"

"SOCIALISM MEANS / THAT MOST HELPFUL [illegible]"

"COMMON / WEALTH"

"ART AND [illegible] / FOR ALL".

[illegible]

"NATIONAL / HEALTHCARE".

"SHORTER / WORK WEEK".

"END EXPLOITATION OF LABOR "

"THE LAND FOR THE PEOPLE"

"NO NAFTA"

MarksText on tag reads: "L [SUPER / DUPER] / Windjammer / BANGOR, PA / CARE ON REVERSE SIDE". Garment information and care instructions.
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 person Eugene V. Debs

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