Pin, Adlai Stevenson, 1950s
name: label: referenced
content: Stevenson, Adlai
notes: label: Description
content: By the 1950s, women comprised half of the voting electorate. To encourage their participation, campaigns produced inexpensive costume jewelry such as this pin promoting Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson. Stevenson lost to his Republican opponent Dwight Eisenhower in 1952 and again in 1956.
topic: label: used
content: Political Campaigns
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content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.1040.803
label: catalog number
content: 1986.1040.803
label: accession number
content: 1986.1040
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold; pink;; white; blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: metal; plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 5/8 in; x 4.1275 cm