Name/Title
Promotional ButtonEntry/Object ID
1987.27.1Description
White pin with blue lettering that commemorates the "1987 Vermont Women's State Fair September 19 Barre Auditorium."Context
In the wake of the 1986 defeat of an equal rights amendment to the Vermont constitution, the Vermont Commission on Women organized the Vermont Women's State Fair.
From "Vermont History, Vol 56 #2, Spring 88, pp78-79: " Gov. Madeleine Kunin saw a statewide women’s fair as a way to “provide the opportunity for women from all walks of life to showcase their skills and experience in business, the arts, the home, and community.” And because Kunin envisioned the fair as a means to “measure and celebrate the dramatic achievements of Vermont women in the past decade” —and centuries, she used the occasion of the Women’s History Conference to commission a Governor’s Task Force on Women’s History and Traditions.The task force ... organized an historical component for the 1987 Vermont Women’s State Fair. The crowds of women and men who viewed the exhibits of contemporary women writers, weavers, entrepreneurs, and performers at the Barre Auditorium and Arena also rejoiced in the history depicted in photographic exhibitions, panel discussions, and teaching and networking workshops".Acquisition
Accession
1987.27Source or Donor
Vermont Women's State FairAcquisition Method
GiftLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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Button, PromotionalNomenclature Class
Advertising MediaNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsRelationships
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Vermont Women's State Fair