Sign, "Feminism Is Equality!," Used at the March in Washington, D.C., January 21, 2017
THF185079 / Sign, "Feminism Is Equality!," Used at the March in Washington, D.C., January 21, 2017
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Artifact Overview
On January 21, 2017 -- the day after Donald Trump's inauguration as President -- approximately four million people took to the streets across the United States to participate in the Women's March in a show of solidarity for women's rights and to protest the demeaning rhetoric made during the 2016 Presidential elections. This sign was carried at the Washington, D.C., protest.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Sign (Declaratory or advertising artifact)
Date Made
2016 - 2017
Subject Date
21 January 2017
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2017.78.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Color
White (Color)
Black (Color)
Purple
Dimensions
Height: 15.875 in
Width: 20 in
Length: 0.188 in
Inscriptions
on front:
FEMINISM IS EQUALITY!
on back:
WOMEN'S RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS!
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Related Content
SetWomen's Equality
- 21 Artifacts
In the 1970s, women's rights activists rallied in support of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which would guarantee women equal rights with men as part of the United States Constitution. The ERA, first put forward in 1923, finally passed both houses of Congress in 1972 -- but it was not ratified in enough state legislatures for approval.