WCTU Hatchet, around 1910
WCTU Hatchet, around 1910
- Description
- 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.
- associated date
- 1904
- associated person
- Swallow, Silas Comfort
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 in x 12 in x 1/2 in; 12.7 cm x 30.48 cm x 1.27 cm
- ID Number
- PL.323503.01
- catalog number
- 323503.01
- accession number
- 323503
- subject
- Women's History
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Political History, Womens History/Reform Movements Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- Exhibition
- Exhibition
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
