Member badge for Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
date: label: Date
content: after 1908
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908
label: Subject of
content: Northwestern University, American, founded 1851
notes: label: Description
content: An Alpha Kappa Alpha members badge with a stickpin back. The badge is in the shape of an ivy leaf with a green center. The badge is outlined with small pearls. Gold lettering appears in the green center. It reads “A. K. A.” The badge is attached to a gold chain. The chain is also decorated with pearls near the second pendant, which are the Greek letters GX. This is representative of the Alpha Kappa Alpha chapter Gamma Chi at Northwestern University.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Sororities
label: Topic
content: Women
label: Topic
content: Women's organizations
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Exhibition
content: Making a Way Out of No Way
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Historical Society of Washington, DC and the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.133.2.3
objectType: label: Type
content: badges
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal
label: Dimensions
content: 1 1/16 x 1 1/4 x 1/4 in. (2.7 x 3.2 x 0.6 cm)