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Marion Moos' Political Button Bag

Accession #:	4164.1
Title:	Marion Moos' Political Button Bag
Object Type:	Bag
Participants:	Moos, Marion (user) Kaplan, Shirley (creator)
Physical Description:	Tan linen bag with 110 political buttons pinned to it. Also contains 20 pins found inside the bag.
Description:	Inland Northwest women's rights activist Marion Moos began creating her button bag in the 1970s. Its buttons represent the range of feminist issues, conventions, and candidates that she supported throughout the women's movement. A founding member of the Spokane Chapter of the National Organization for Women, she was also on the organizing committee for this state's 1977 International Women's Year conference that developed a timetable for removing state barriers to equality.
Category:	History
Subjects/Topics/Concepts:	Carrying & Storage (Personal Artifact->Personal Gear)
Dimensions:	length 23" width 14" depth 3 1/2"
Materials/Techniques:	paper (fiber product) ( -> -> ) (Material) linen (material) ( -> -> -> ) (Material) steel ( -> -> ->metal->iron (metal)) (Material) plastic (organic material) ( -> -> ) (Material)
Related Exhibits:	Women's Votes, Women's Voices Inland Northwest Narrative: Crossroads and Confluence 100 Stories: A Centennial Exhibition
Credit Line:	Gift of Marion Moos, 2007

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