Not everything about a Presidential Campaign has to be dramatic or ridiculous! This is our Club’s contribution to a nationwide effort to elect Hillary Rodham Clinton as the next President of the United States. The large red letters on a white background evoke a ‘dress code’ from the early 20th century, when suffragettes demanded an equal place in the voting rolls of the country.
Another common call, in addition to wearing the badge of color, was a plea to dress fashionably and femininely to rebuke stereotypes of strong-minded women as masculine or dowdy. The color white, a symbol of purity, further rejected sexually dismissive slurs thrown their way while protesting, much the same way women of the ’80s used shoulder pads to combat sexism in the workplace, eliminating fuel for arguments that a woman was dressed too provocatively for the office. Today’s effort is coordinated by some ladies in Northern California, and they have established a Facebook page The Unity Banner- Banners Across America For Hillary
A special shout out to Linda Martin, who got the material (Secretary Keith pushed the cart) from JoAnn’s, cut out the letters and ended up doing most of the sewing all by herself! She’s a whirlwind! “I advise anybody making another banner to
use glue – that “H” alone took me two HOURS!” Seems the decision to use double ducking so the sewing machine thread didn’t show through the back was ‘that much’ too much for the sewing machine! Good job, Linda!
