Compact, Franklin D. Roosevelt
name: label: associated person
content: Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
notes: label: Description
content: Compacts are small cases containing a mirror, face powder, and a puff that are designed to fit in women’s purses. They became popular about the same time that women gained the vote in 1920 and within a decade campaign-themed compacts were being marketed to this new segment of the electorate. The design on this compact promoting Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt was also used on campaign buttons. Roosevelt was elected four times—in 1932, 1936, 1940, and 1944.
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content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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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: PL.287874.18
label: catalog number
content: 287874.18
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Compact
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 3 in; .635 cm x 7.62 cm