Proclamation scroll with declaration written by Maya Angelou, 1977

National Museum of American History

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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.
Credit Line
National Commission on the Observance of International Women’s Year (IWY)
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 and Military History: Political History, Womens History/Reform Movements Collection
Exhibition
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Exhibition Location
National Museum of American History
National Museum of American History
subject
Women's History
Women's History
National Women's Conference
International Women's Year
related event
International Womens Year National Conference
Record ID
nmah_516813
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-4667-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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