Proclamation scroll with declaration written by Maya Angelou, 1977
Object Details
- date made
- 1977
- associated date
- November 18-21, 1977
- 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
- associated place
- United States: New York, Seneca Falls
- United States: Texas, Houston
- general subject association
- Women's History
- International Women's Year, 1975
- related event
- International Womens Year National Conference
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, Womens History/Reform Movements Collection
- Credit Line
- National Commission on the Observance of International Women’s Year (IWY)
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- 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
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- nmah_516813
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