Environmental Button
date: label: date made
content: 1981-1983
notes: label: Description
content: The slogan on this button refers to James G. Watt, who was named Secretary of the Interior by President Ronald Reagan in 1981. Due to controversial positions regarding the commercial development of federal lands, environmental groups such as the Sierra Club, National Audubon Society, and Friends of the Earth criticized Watt during his tenure and called for his ouster. Watt resigned in 1983 after making inappropriate comments before Congress regarding the makeup of his department.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Environmental Movement
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content: Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Natural Resources
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content: Environmental Buttons
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content: Artifact Walls exhibit
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0014.1528
label: accession number
content: 2003.0014
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0014.1528
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .33 cm x 5.8 cm; x 1/8 in x 2 5/16 in