Supersisters card set, 1979.
Dates
- Creation: 1886-2022
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research, with the exception of objects that have been digitized, which are closed.
Extent
464 objectsImmediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired from eBay, December 2010 (2010-M234).
Physical Facet
Set of 72 numbered trading cards with image of red "supersisters" at top along with card number with image of woman framed with yellow and red border with name of woman printed in black at bottom. Reverse features biographical information about woman featured on front of card. Featured women are: Suzy Chaffee, Nancy Dickerson, Pat Schroeder, Margaret Chase Smith, Lynn D. Salvage, Rabbi Sally J. Priesand, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Bella S. Abzug, Helen Reddy, Lois Gould, Sonia Manzano, Helen Thomas, Carla Anderson Hills, Mary Louise Smith, Margaret Mead, Wendy Boglioli, Julie Harris, Rosie Casals, Elly Peterson, Mary Rose Oakar, Linda Winikow, Lucinda Franks, Bonnie Tiburzi, Leonor K. Sullivan, Caroline Bird, Rosa Parks, Helen Stevenson Meyner, Doriot Anthony Dwyer, Lindy Cochran, Maxine Kumin, Gloria Steinem, Gladys Noon Spellman, Malvina Reynolds, Eleanor Cutri Smeal, Ann Carr, Laura Lee Ching, Shari Lewis, Barbara A. Mikulski, Meredith Monk, Barbara Gardner Proctor, Katharine Graham, Ruby Dee, Marlo Thomas, Kathrine Switzer, Miki Gorman, Barbara Ann Cochran, Wendy Trunbull, Shirley M. Hufstedler, Kathy Johnson, Claudia Weill, Jane Pauley, Janet Guthrie, Debbie Gary Callier, Jane Alexander, Jane Trahey, Jane Cahill Pfeiffer, Cindy Nelson, Rhonda Schwandt, Jane Bryant Quinn, Sarah Weddington, Robin Morgan, Jackie Cassello, Cathy Rigby Mason, Melanie Smith, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Natalie Dunn, Cathy Carr, Leslie Uggams, Helen Hayes, Shirley Chisholm, Ntozake Shange. Missing #13 Virginia Hamilton.
Dimensions
3.75 x 3 x 1.25 inches.
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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