button, We Are Watching

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. Before the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 provided the core of legal protection for most people with disabilities. The caricature is of President Ronald Reagan. He threatened to rescind 504 and other disability-related regulations.

Date Made: n.d.

Maker: unknown

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: Disabilities

Subject:

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

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Credit Line: Gift of Carr Massi

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1999.0263.19Catalog Number: 1999.0263.19Accession Number: 1999.0263

Object Name: buttondisability awareness

Physical Description: plastic (overall material)metal (overall material)Measurements: overall: 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in; .9525 cm x 6.35 cmoverall: 2 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 5/16 in; 6.35 cm x 6.35 cm x .79375 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-aedd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_473305

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