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Placard with "I AM WOMAN" used during the Women's March on Washington

Object Details

Description
A placard used during the Women's March on Washington, January 21, 2017. The placard is white with handwritten, red and black block text and characters that read, [I AM / W ? - / MAN]. Red and black spirals frame [W ? -]. The dash is filled in with multicolored smiley face stickers. In the top and bottom right corners are black, red, and white quarter circles with spokes. The right edge of the placard has been decorated with black scallop semicircles. The back of the placard is blank.
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Created by
Nia Alsop, American, born 2004
Subject of
Women's March, American, founded 2017
Date
January 21, 2017
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kelly Elaine Navies
Medium
ink and pastel (material) on cardboard with paper (fiber product) on adhesive
Dimensions
H x W: 13 15/16 × 22 in. (35.4 × 55.9 cm)
Type
placards (information artifacts)
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