Museum object · Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
Wives or Widows?
1940s
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A pamphlet made of black ink on yellowing paper. The front cover features a drawing of a woman and her two children walk through a cemetery littered with grave markers. Text under the drawing reads: [Wives or Widows? / By Katherine Beecher]. The interior consists of thirty-one pages of text and drawings. The back cover features a tear-away sign up for American Peace Mobilization.
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Catalog reference: 2010.55.40
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