Filipino Women’s Club of Watsonville Membership Lapel Pin #1

Filipino Women's Club of Watsonville membership lapel pin #1, it is a gold pin with a chain and sunburst design. The numbers on the pin read "E.W.C. 51-52." The pin is housed in a white paper box. It was created by Aldous and Hoffer Jewelers located on 323 Main Street Watsonville, California.

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Eva Alminiana Monroe

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For more information on creating Filipino communities:

Karis Lee, "The Filipino Women's Club of Washington D.C.," Boundary Stones, 2020. https://boundarystones.weta.org/2020/03/20/filipino-womens-club-washington-dc

Dawn Bohulano Mabalon. Little Manila Is in the Heart : The Making of the Filipina/o American Community in Stockton, California. Durham: Duke University Press (2013).

Rudy P. Guevarra. Becoming Mexipino : Multiethnic Identities and Communities in San Diego. New Brunswick, N.J: Rutgers University Press (2012).

1.25 x 1. 2.5 inches

Physical Object

EAM.2021.49

Lapel pin and box