button, The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped

Description (Brief):

Pin-back buttons serve many purposes. They are efficient advertising vehicles, handy for fund-raising in support of a cause, concise statements of a person’s beliefs, a form of educational outreach, and convenient ice-breakers for conversation. NMAH has several hundred pin-back buttons related to disability, including this one from the President’s Committee on Employment of the Handicapped. The President’s Committee is a federal agency established in the 1940s to encourage hiring of disabled veterans. In 1989, the committee was renamed the President’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities.

Date Made: n.d.

Maker: Benhaven

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Connecticut, New Haven

Subject: Disabilities

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See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine, Health & Medicine, Disabilities

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Credit Line: Gift of Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund through Pat Wright

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2004.3055.14Nonaccession Number: 2004.3055Catalog Number: 2004.3055.14

Object Name: buttondisability awareness

Physical Description: metal (overall material)plastic (overall material)paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 1 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in x 1/2 in; 4.445 cm x 4.445 cm x 1.27 cmoverall: 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in; .635 cm x 4.445 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-73ee-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1274582

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