WCTU Hatchet, around 1910
date: label: date made
content: c. 1910
label: associated date
content: 1904
notes: label: Description
content: Though distancing themselves from Carry A. Nation’s “hatchetations,” the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) and other organizations could hardly ignore the hatchet as a symbol of teetotaling activism and popular engagement. Somewhat at odds with this message, this wooden WCTU hatchet’s head is decorated with the emblem of a box turtle, an icon of dryly unexcitable endurance.
topic: label: general subject association
content: Women's History
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content: Political History: Political History, Womens History/Reform Movements 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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Norman Hedglin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.323503.01
label: catalog number
content: 323503.01
label: accession number
content: 323503
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hatchet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 12 in x 1/2 in; 12.7 cm x 30.48 cm x 1.27 cm