button, Gallaudet University
date: label: date made
content: 1988
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Gallaudet University was founded in Washington D.C. in 1864 with the purpose of providing secondary education for students who were deaf or hard of hearing. In 1988, after intense advocacy and demonstrations by students on his behalf, I. King Jordan became the first president of Gallaudet University who was deaf or hard of hearing.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: Protest and Civil Disobedience
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Disabilities
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund through Pat Wright
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2004.3055.17
label: nonaccession number
content: 2004.3055
label: catalog number
content: 2004.3055.17
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
label: Object Name
content: disability awareness
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 7/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 1/4 in; 7.3025 cm x 7.3025 cm x .635 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 2 7/8 in x 2 7/8 in; .635 cm x 7.3025 cm x 7.3025 cm