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The wire coat hanger is infamously associated with unsafe or illegal abortion, in which a straightened wire hanger is inserted into a pregnant woman's uterus in the attempt to abort a fetus. The image has been often used by pro-choice groups to protest anti-abortion legislation. 

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Let's Get It Back, America was a musical filmed on location in Washington, D.C. tells the history of the 20th century U.S. Government's budget. Created in 1980, the musical features actors who portray Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton. It's producer, Lowry Coe, and directors Gene Bayliss and Paul Raimondi had the support of corporate sponsors such as the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

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This quote comes from a 1931 writing by Emma Goldman titled "Living My Life" in which she described an encounter with a young boy who referred to her dancing as unbefitting and dishonorable for someone promoting the anarchist Cause. Goldman stated, "I did not believe that a Cause which stood for a beautiful ideal, for anarchism, for release and freedom from convention and prejudice, should demand the denial of life and joy." She then went on to say, "If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution."

Emma Goldman was a political activist and writer during the beginning of the 20th century. She is known for her free-thinking and rebellious anarchist and communist beliefs. Her writings include discussions on free love, marriage, free speech, atheism, prisons, homosexuality, and capitalism, among other topics. In the 1970s, Goldman's activism and writings were rediscovered by those involved with the feminist and anarchist movements, reviving an interest in her.

Emma, Goldman. "Living My Life." 1931. Online: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/emma-goldman-living-my-life. Accessed 30 June, 2017.

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The U.S. Forest Service sought the significance of owls for their campaign where the slogan, “Give a hoot! Don’t pollute” was promoted by their mascot; Woodsy Owl during the 70s & 80s. Woodsy Owl teaches younger generations to be involved in appreciating nature through an awareness of protecting our environment from polluting. Today, the campaign for conservation practices still uses Woodsy Owl as the National Symbol for pollution awareness equipped with his new slogan, “Lend  a hand – care for the land!”

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"Hell No We Won't Go" was a popular chant shouted at protests during the Vietnam War. More specifically, the chant began during "stop the draft week" in New York City in 1967. The protest focused on shutting down the Armed Forces Induction Center due to the fact that the draft was being instituted and many citizens were opposed to it.

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The raised fist inside the Venus symbol, known as the "Woman Power" symbol, first originated during feminist movements in the 1960s and 1970s. Shown on this button with the fist inside the Jewish Star of David, it is implied that this symbol would be worn by feminists of the Jewish faith. 

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Jules Feiffer is a cartoonist and writer with his most famous work, a satirical comic strip, Feiffer (originally named Sick Sick Sick). Before he was an established cartoonist, he was an apprentice whose boss had told Feiffer his work was lousy, but hired him anyway. For forty years (1956-1997), he displayed his work for The Village Voice as the staff cartoonist. Feiffer took a public stance in opposition to Vietnam War with his Enough campaign.

In the late 1960s, the war in Vietnam (started in 1955) started to lose popular consensus that Americans should be fighting there. The war had gone on longer than the American people were told, and the number of deaths kept climbing. Feeling like their opinions were not being heard, multiple peace movements popped up around the country with the intent to be non-violent, but would sometimes end with altercations and arrests by police. Despite the growing disapproval for the war it would not officially end until 1975.

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The YWLL, also known as the Young Communist League USA, was a communist organization in the United States that was established in 1920. The youth branch was founded in 1970. The purpose of the league was to form its members into communists, which was done so through studying Marxism and Leninism as well as participating in the struggles the American working class experienced. While the league has disbanded nationally, there are still local state chapters operating throughout the country.