Ask Me About Menopause

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Text on Button IT'S OK TO ASK ME ABOUT MENOPAUSE
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The Menopause Public Awareness Campaign is a nonprofit organization that works to spread awareness about the positive affects of openly talking about menopause. Through advocating for conversation, the awareness campaign supports women with necessary information that might aide in their journey through the menopause process. The campaign is a movement working to educate the public about what Menopause is and the importance of understanding the facts. World Menopause day is recognized each year on October 18th.

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Menopause: Public Awareness Campaign - Let’s Talk Menopause. (n.d.). https://www.letstalkmenopause.org/public-awareness-campaign

World Menopause Day. (2022, November 16). International Menopause Society. https://www.imsociety.org/education/world-menopause-day/

World Menopause Day ⋆. (2022, October 15). Meno Martha. https://menomartha.com/health-topic/world-menopause-day/

Catalog ID AM0061

Pearl S. Buck

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Text on Button RANDOLPH-MACON WOMAN'S COLLEGE Pearl S. Buck Class of 1914
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1800-223-?103

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Randolph-Macon Women’s College, known as Randolph College since 2007 when it started admitting men, is a private college in Lynchburg, Virginia. The college was established in 1891 when the president of Randolph-Macon College was unable to garner support to have the school be open to female enrollment. After struggling to find a suitable location for the establishment, the city of Lynchburg donated fifty acres to the institution.

Alumni of Randolph College include the writer and Chinese missionary, Pearl S. Buck. She was born June 26, 1892, and was part of the 1914 graduating class. Buck spent most of her formative years in China due to being a child of missionaries. Her book The Good Earth, depicting “peasant life” in China, was the best-selling novel of both 1931 and 1932. She was a missionary in China from 1914-1932 but due to her theological views, she ended up resigning. Pearl S. Buck was an advocate for women and minority rights.

Catalog ID SC0062

I Think, Therefore I am Dangerous

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Text on Button I think, therefore I am dangerous.
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Instant Attitudes

PO Box 9292-5885

Houston, TX

77292-5886

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Instant Attitudes is a Houston-based company specializing in stickers and t-shirts that feature controversial slogans and phrases. The "I think, therefore I am dangerous." button is part of the company's Freedom category, alongside merchandise with phrases such as "I love my country. It's my government I fear" and "Different drummer? I'm my own band!"  

Catalog ID IB0754

Carter Mondale Leaders, for a Change

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Text on Button Leaders, for a change. Carter Mondale
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James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. was a peanut farmer who served as Georgia State Senator from 1963 to 1967, and Governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975. He announced his candidacy for president in 1974 and in 1976, he was nominated by the Democratic Party as their presidential candidate. Carter selected Senator Walter Mondale from Minnesota as his running mate. With the Watergate scandal still fresh in the minds of voters, Carter was viewed as an outsider, which proved to be an asset. The Carter/Mondale ticket narrowly defeated incumbent President Gerald Ford in the general election, making Carter the 39th President of the United States. 

In 1980, Carter faced challengers from all directions (Independent John Anderson, Democrat Ted Kennedy and Republican Ronald Reagan). While Carter was able to secure the re-nomination of the Democratic Party, voters had grown increasingly dissatisfied, and Reagan was elected in a landslide. In 1982, Carter established the Carter Center, a non-profit that promotes human rights. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his work through the Carter Center. 

Catalog ID PO1196

Star Trek Enterprise

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Still image of the Enterprise firing its phasers at an unseen target. The background is the black of outer space. 

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The Starship Enterprise was featured in Star Trek: the Original Series (TOS), a television show created by Gene Rodenberry and produced by Paramount Television; the show ran from 1966-1969. The iconic NCC-1701 Enterprise was led by Starfleet’s equally iconic Captain James T. Kirk, played by William Shatner. Captain Kirk’s bridge crew consisted of Spock (Leonard Nemoy), Leonard “Bones” McCoy (DeForest Kelley), Nyota Uhura (Nichelle Nicholes), Scotty (James Doohan), Hikaru Sulu (George Takei), and Pavel Chekov (Walter Keonig).

The original NCC-1701 Enterprise has appeared numerous times throughout Star Trek history. A variant of the ship, commanded by Captain Christopher Pike, is the primary vessel featured in the 2022 Star Trek series, Strange New Worlds. 

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Man's First Flight Around the Moon

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Text on Button Man's First Flight Around the Moon DEC. 21-27, 1968 Earth Moon Six Day Mission of Apollo 8 to the Moon Greatest Voyage Since Columbus
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Black and white photograph of three astronauts in spacesuits without helmets on white background between black and white images of Earth on the left, and the moon on the right, and black text directly above and below the image. There is white text on a red top edge and blue bottom edge. Additionally, the name and duration of the mission appears in blue below the astronauts and the dates appear in red above.

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The Apollo 8 Mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on December 21, 1968. Pictured are Frank Borman, James Lovell Jr., and William Anders, who completed the mission, successfully orbiting the moon and returning to Earth—the first time a crewed vessel did so. They were also the first three humans to see the dark side of the moon. From this mission, the iconic photo of Earth from space, “Earthrise” was taken by Major Anders while he was supposed to be cataloging the Moon’s craters.

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Apollo 8. (2017, December 21). NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo8.html


Overbye, D. (2018, December 21). Apollo 8’s Earthrise: the shot seen round the world. The New York Times. ghostarchive.org.
 

Catalog ID EV0941

Path of Most Persistence Elizabeth Warren

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Text on Button CHOOSE THE PATH of MOST PERSISTENCE ELIZABETHWARREN.COM
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Elizabeth Warren is an American politician and has been a United States senator from Massachusetts since 2013. She was a Democratic candidate for president in the 2020 US presidential election

Her campaign slogan “Persist” (a variation of which is seen here on this button) was a tongue in cheek reference to a 2017 comment made by Republican Senator Mitch McConnell regarding Warren's persistent and vocal opposition to the nomination of Jeff Sessions for Attorney General. The phrase "Nevertheless, she persisted" went viral and was quickly adopted by Warren's supporters and feminists overall. 

Warren's presidential campaign platform aligned with her progressive politics and included pushes for single-payer health care, a $15 minimum wage, the cancellation of student debt, and the end to lobbying in Washington. After a disappointing third place finish in her home state's primary on Super Tuesday, Warren suspended her presidential campaign in March, 2020. 

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Goldmacher, S., and Herndon, A. W. (2020, March 5). Elizabeth Warren, once a front-runner, drops out of presidential race. The New York Times. Retrieved August 4, 2022, from https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-drops-o…

Higgins, T. (2020, March 5). Elizabeth Warren drops out of 2020 presidential race after disappointing Super Tuesday showing. CNBC. Retrieved August 4, 2022, from https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/05/elizabeth-warren-drops-out-of-president…

Catalog ID PO1195

John F. Kennedy

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Color portrait photograph of John F. Kennedy

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VARI-VUE by

PICTORIAL PRODUCTIONS, INC.

MT. VERNON, N.Y., U.S.A.

PAT. NO. 2,815,310

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy, often referred to as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States and started his term in January of 1961. Despite his youth, lack of foreign policy experience, and Catholic upbringing, Kennedy managed to capture the nomination from the democratic party in advance of the 1960 presidential election. His opponent—Republican nominee Richard Nixon—campaigned on the success of the Eisenhower administration, to which he was vice president.

After the debates between Nixon and Kennedy—the first televised debates in US history—nearly all the criticism leveled at Kennedy for being either too 'young' or 'inexperienced' seemingly vanished overnight. His strong performance invariably helped Kennedy capture the remaining votes needed to catapult him to the White House. Kennedy narrowly won the election, but many historians cite his success in urban and industrial districts for the victory. 

Catalog ID PO1194

Nixon Agnew Color Photograph

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Text on Button Now more than ever.
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White text on a Pacific blue background. A color photograph of Spiro Agnew and Richard Nixon smiling and waving sits at the bottom.

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In 1972, after serving one presidential term, Richard Nixon announced his plans to run for reelection. In this button, Nixon poses with his running mate and incumbent vice president, Spiro Agnew. Their team chose the campaign slogan “Now More Than Ever,” a familiar, politically charged phrase which has been utilized by American politicians since the 1860 GOP convention. The phrase was thought to have evoked a sense of urgency and was interpreted by test groups to be a reference to an “unfinished work in progress.” Somewhat ironically, this “work in progress” was halted as according to Nixon what America needed “now more than ever” was the wiretapping of the Democratic National Convention.  Though Nixon and Agnew were reelected in the 1972 election, they both resigned by 1974 because of Nixon’s involvement with the Watergate scandal.

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