- Collection:
- Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection
- Title:
- Why Object to a Fashion Show? [page 1 of 2]
- Creator:
- Students for a Democratic Society
- Contributor to Resource:
- University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
- Date of Original:
- 1969
- Subject:
- Feminism--Washington (State)--Seattle
Fashion shows--Washington (State)--Seattle
Socialism--Washington (State)--Seattle
Minimum wages--United States
University of Washington. Associated Students
Women clothing workers--United States - Location:
- United States, Washington, King County, Seattle, 47.60621, -122.33207
- Medium:
- fliers (printed matter)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Alternative title: Do Not be Distracted from the Real Problems Facing Women Today. Announces: "Open forum on the woman question, Thursday, in front of the HUB, 12:00...panel with Nancy Evans (the governor's wife) HUB -- 12:30...Fashion show -- 1:30-HUB." Calls for: Discussion of the issues of economic, political, and social exploitation of women. Quote from document: "...women comprise 75% of all workers in the textile and garment industry. New York City's garment trade employs 40,150 women whose median wage in 1963 was $2.24 an hour compared to men's $3.27 an hour. In Philadelphia, the garment industry pays women a median wage of $1.87 an hourin Dallas the wages are $1.47. Many black and Puerto Rican women working in the industry earn as little as $45 a week." Background information: March 8th is International Women's Day.
- Local Identifier:
- UW28166z (p. 1)
- Metadata URL:
- https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/protests/id/21
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/iiif/2/protests:21/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, [Order Number or Negative Number]
- Extent:
- 27.5 x 21.5 cm
Scanned from original text at 400 dpi in color, saved in JPEG format and resized to 600 ppi horizontal. Saved at compression rate 3. 2003. - Original Collection:
- Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection
Students for a Democratic Society - Contributing Institution:
- University of Washington. Libraries. Special Collections Division
- Rights:
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