31 results for: Activism
WONPR pin (Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform), ca. 1930
The Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform was founded in 1929 by New Yorker Pauline Sabin. The movement for alcohol prohibition has been led largely by women, particularly the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. But when the 18th Amendment was enacted, many harms and problems became evident. Sabin started the organization to counteract the narrative that all women supported prohibition and…
ID Number:1955.982.b
Date:Circa 1930
Music Hall Theater "Exit" sign, ca. 1920s-1930s
The Music Hall originally opened as the Fox Theatre on April 19, 1929, and was located at Seventh Avenue and Olive Street. When the Clise family purchased the venue in 1936, it was renamed the Music Hall. By the 1980s, the venue was losing money for the Clises and they decided to tear it down in 1988 to make way…
ID Number:1991.47.9
Date:Circa 1920-1930
Banner,"Soil Air Water Life," from the World Trade Organization (WTO) protest in Seattle, 1999
The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2001.46.1
Date:1999
American flag art print by Don Paulson, 1970
Don Paulson (1933-2006) was an author, artist, and chronicler of Seattle drag culture. He was born in Seattle and grew up in Auburn and Enumclaw. Paulson was drafted into the U.S. Army at 19 and served for two years during the Koren War. In the early 1960s he went to New York and immersed himself in the Pop Art scene.…
ID Number:2002.23.2
Date:1970
Seattle Raging Grannies pennant, ca. 1996
The Raging Grannies are an activist group made up of women old enough to be grandmothers. They advocate for environmental issues, peace, and social and economic justice. At protests, they dress up in clothes that play into and mock stereotypes of older women, such as colorful dresses, large hats, sweaters, and aprons. They also sing songs, using their own lyrics…
ID Number:2003.47.2
Date:Circa 1996
Button display for 1978 campaign, "No on I-13"
In 1973, the City of Seattle adopted a fair employment ordinance which specifically prohibited discrimination against gay people in the workplace, followed by a fair housing ordinance in 1975. Initiative 13 was a 1978 attempt to repeal these ordinances and to dissolve the City of Seattle's Office of Women's Rights. Citizens to Retain Fair Employment (CRFE) sold pins in Seattle…
ID Number:2005.21.1
Date:1978
Cotton T-shirt, "Medicine for the People," ca. 1975-1980
This shirt was created as a fundraiser for the Open Door Clinic located in the University District in the late 1970s. Open Door was Washington's first free, 24-hour, multiservice clinic and was open from 1967 to1980. Among its services, the Clinic provided crisis intervention and medical services.
ID Number:2007.5.1
Date:Circa 1975-1980
Seattle Helps the Hungry, "Give Just a Little," 45 record, DJ Records, 1985
This is a 1985 tribute record in which upwards of 75 artists and local celebrities came together and sang a song written and produced by David Perry, to support the Rainier Foundation in feeding the hungry in Seattle. The list of participants are on the front of the paper sleeve and the lyrics are on the back.
ID Number:2013.71.26
Date:1985
Pin, "Pride Without Borders," 1996
This "Pride Without Borders" button is from the LGBTQ pride rallies of Seattle in 1996.
ID Number:2014.40.1
Date:1996
Pin, "Lesbian-Gay Pride March", 1990
This pin commemorates the 1990 LGBTQ Pride march in Seattle. Pride is held annually during the last week in June to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall riots.
ID Number:2014.40.2
Date:1990