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Scrap Iron and Junk Handlers Union Local 20467 was a workers union based in Chicago. In 1957, the union changed its name to the Waste Materials Handlers Union Local 20467.

This union is best known as having once employed Jack Ruby, the man who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald, the suspected killer in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. 

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The Carnival of Roses was a rose-themed parade first held in 1896. The 1901 event that this button refers to was the second Carnival of Roses, held to honor a visit to San Jose by President McKinnley. The parade took place in the Alameda, a now historic district of the city. Another Carnival was held in 1910m and again in 1926 under the new name "Fiesta de la Rosas" in honor of San Jose's Spanish heritage. The last Fiestas de la Rosas was held in 1969. In 2008, a similar parade tradition, "The Rose, White and Blue," began, and continues be be held, as of 2024. 

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“Behind every great man is a woman” is a phrase oft quoted historically. Originating in the 1990s, it comes from the French phrase, “cherchez la femme,” meaning “seek the woman,” and was coined by Alexandre Dumas in his novel, “Les Mohicans de Paris.” According to this phrase, all great men of influence and power are “backed” by women who are hidden from public view. The phrase recognizes the often under-acknowledged contributions of women who supported men in their professional and personal lives. Historically, this may have been a step in the right direction towards recognizing women’s vast and important contributions to society, though in more recent years it has come to imply that women exist solely in the background, relegated to a supporting role.

This button, “ Behind every good woman is herself,” recognizes a woman’s agency and accomplishments separate from men. This modern phrase celebrates women and their active participation in their own successes.

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George L. Schneider was a German immigrant and prominent optometrist in the Berkley area during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He served on many civic organizations in Berkley including the City Planning Commission and Downtown Association. 

Schneider also served as chair of the California State Association of Optometrists, as President of the California Association of Optometrists, and President of the American Optical Association (AOA). He made significant impacts in these roles, and his overhaul of the AOA’s governance rules have persisted for over a century. 

This button advertises the new location for Schneider’s practice, which was located in the Hotel Shattuck building.

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Founded in 1856 by Reverend Dr. Charles Leonard, National Children’s Day, also known as “Rose Day,” started as a special day to commemorate the baptizing of children. Leonard held the first service day on June 11th at the Universalist Church in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Presently, Rose Day/National Children’s Day is on the first Sunday in June.

The official website lists the following ways in which we can honor and celebrate the children in our lives: start new traditions, continue family traditions, explore the outdoors, tell family stories, seek adventure, be creative, and more. The United Nations also honors children on “World Children’s Day,” though this celebration takes place on November 20th. The celebration is in accordance with the date in 1959 when the UN General Assembly adopted the ‘Declaration of the Rights of the Child.’

Both Rose Day and World Children’s Day advocate, promote, and celebrate children’s rights, leading to “dialogues and actions that will build a better world for children” (“World Children’s Day,” United Nations).

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Sigmund Freud, born in Frieberg, Moravia in 1856, was a medical doctor, psychologist, neurologist, and extremely influential thinker of the early twentieth century. Considered the father of psychoanalysis, Freud articulated and refined a radically new therapeutic and conceptual framework for the understanding of human psychological development and experience, as well as how to go about treating mental illnesses. His theories of the unconscious, repression, and infantile sexuality have been the subject of much debate and controversy, both during his lifetime and after, but their influence on modern-day therapeutic practice and understanding of the psychology of the human mind is irrefutable.