How an L.A. museum is celebrating the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage
One of the vintage buttons simply says in all capital letters: “ERA YES.” Another says “Viva la mujer,” a yellow female pictogram set against a strong red background. Still another button reads “Chisholm for president,” a reference to the first Black woman elected to Congress and one of the subjects in HBO’s recent series “Mrs. America.”
Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton and Patsy Mink, the first woman of color elected to Congress, are here too — on buttons displayed in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County’s upcoming digital and physical exhibitions celebrating the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage.
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