Proclamation scroll with declaration written by Maya Angelou, 1977
Proclamation scroll with declaration written by Maya Angelou, 1977
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- Description
- Proclamation scroll written by Maya Angelou and relayed from the site of the Seneca Falls Convention in New York to the site of the 1977 International Women’s Year National Conference in Houston, Texas.
- Object Name
- Scroll
- date made
- 1977
- associated date
- November 18-21, 1977
- associated place
- United States: New York, Seneca Falls
- United States: Texas, Houston
- Measurements
- overall: 35 in x 25 in x 3 in; 88.9 cm x 63.5 cm x 7.62 cm
- ID Number
- 1978.0307.18
- accession number
- 1978.0307
- catalog number
- 1978.0307.18
- Credit Line
- National Commission on the Observance of International Women’s Year (IWY)
- subject
- Women's History
- Women's History
- National Women's Conference
- International Women's Year
- International Womens Year National Conference
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Political History, Womens History/Reform Movements Collection
- Exhibition
- Creating Icons
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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