Proclamation scroll with declaration written by Maya Angelou, 1977

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Object Details

Description

Proclamation scroll written by Maya Angelou and relayed from the site of the Seneca Falls Convention in New York to the site of the 1977 International Women’s Year National Conference in Houston, Texas.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

National Commission on the Observance of International Women’s Year (IWY)

date made

1977

associated date

November 18-21, 1977

ID Number

1978.0307.18

accession number

1978.0307

catalog number

1978.0307.18

Object Name

Scroll

Measurements

overall: 35 in x 25 in x 3 in; 88.9 cm x 63.5 cm x 7.62 cm

associated place

United States: New York, Seneca Falls

United States: Texas, Houston

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Political History: Political History, Womens History/Reform Movements Collection

Data Source

National Museum of American History

general subject association

Women's History

International Women's Year, 1975

related event

International Womens Year National Conference

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-4667-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_516813