Object Details
- Description
- Single-sided printed poster; "ERA IS A TURKEY"; white background; red text; This slogan was used on paper buttons worn by delegates at the 1977 National Women’s Conference who opposed the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Signs with the same slogan were used by women in anti-ERA demonstrations including one in 1978 in Moorhead, Minnesota. Demonstrators hoped to persuade members attending the American Lutheran Church convention to vote against supporting the ERA.
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1977
- used date
- November 20, 1977
- Credit Line
- Nancy L. MacGibbon and Randy Mueller
- Physical Description
- blue (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 22 in x 28 in; 55.88 cm x 71.12 cm
- Object Name
- Poster
