Supersisters
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Supersisters was a set of 72 trading cards produced and distributed in the United States in 1979 by Supersisters, Inc. They featured famous women from politics, media and entertainment, culture, sports, and other areas of achievement. The cards were designed in response to the trading cards popular among children in the US at the time, which mostly featured men.[1]
The cards were created by Lois Rich of Irvington, New York and her sister Barbara Egerman of Ridgefield, Connecticut, a teacher, librarian, and founder of the Ohio chapter of the National Organization for Women. They conceived of the cards in 1978, after Rich's young daughter asked her why there were no women on trading cards. Rich also discovered that students at a local elementary school could not name five famous women. Rich and Egerman received a small grant from the New York State Education Department and wrote to nearly 500 prominent American women in various fields.[1][2][3] They purposely did not contact a number of notable women, including Anita Bryant, Angela Davis, Phyllis Schlafly, and the cast of Charlie's Angels. Jane Fonda, Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, and Ella T. Grasso were among those who did not respond or declined to participate.[4][5] Of those who did respond, they included the first 72 in the trading card set, including Jane Pauley, Margaret Mead, and Gloria Steinem.[4][5] By 1981, they reported that they had sold 15,000 trading card sets, selling many to schools and colleges.[2]
Reaction to the cards was largely positive, though some later critics called the cards "misguided" and "trivial".[6][7] Sets of the trading cards are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the University of Iowa library.[7][8]
| Card #[9] | Name[9] | Occupation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Olympic skier |
| 2 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | journalist |
| 3 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | US Congresswoman |
| 4 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | US Senator |
| 5 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | banker |
| 6 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | rabbi |
| 7 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | author |
| 8 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | US Congresswoman |
| 9 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | singer |
| 10 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | author |
| 11 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | actress |
| 12 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | journalist |
| 13 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | author |
| 14 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | lawyer, US cabinet level secretary |
| 15 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | chair of Republican National Committee |
| 16 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | anthropologist |
| 17 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Olympic swimmer |
| 18 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | actress |
| 19 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | tennis player |
| 20 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | politician |
| 21 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | US Congresswoman |
| 22 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | New York State Senator |
| 23 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | journalist |
| 24 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | First female pilot to fly for a major U.S. airline. |
| 25 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | US Congresswoman |
| 26 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | author |
| 27 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | civil rights pioneer |
| 28 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | US Congresswoman |
| 29 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | flautist |
| 30 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | skier |
| 31 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | poet |
| 32 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | author |
| 33 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | US Congresswoman |
| 34 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | singer-songwriter |
| 35 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | National Organization for Women president |
| 36 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | gymnast |
| 37 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | surfer |
| 38 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | entertainer |
| 39 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | US Congresswoman |
| 40 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | composer and choreographer |
| 41 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | advertising |
| 42 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | newspaper publisher |
| 43 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | actress |
| 44 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | actress |
| 45 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | author, runner |
| 46 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | runner |
| 47 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Olympic skier |
| 48 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | tennis player |
| 49 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | federal judge, US cabinet level secretary |
| 50 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | gymnast |
| 51 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | film director |
| 52 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | journalist |
| 53 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | race car driver |
| 54 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | pilot |
| 55 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | actress |
| 56 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | advertising |
| 57 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | television executive |
| 58 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | skier |
| 59 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | gymnast |
| 60 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | journalist |
| 61 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | lawyer |
| 62 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | author |
| 63 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | gymnast |
| 64 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Olympic gymnast |
| 65 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Olympic equestrian |
| 66 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | singer |
| 67 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | roller skater |
| 68 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Olympic swimmer |
| 69 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | actress |
| 70 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | actress |
| 71 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | US Congresswoman |
| 72 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | poet |
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ferritti, Fred (March 9, 1980). "Success was in the Cards". New York Times. pp. WC10.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Haitch, Richard (October 25, 1981). "Follow-Up on the News; 'Supersisters'". New York Times. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Irwin, Victoria (February 20, 1980). "'I'll trade you a Pete Rose for your Jane Pauley'". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Baranski, Lynne (April 7, 1980). "Hey, I'll Swap Ya a Stargell for a Steinem! A Sister Team Creates Female Trading Cards That Flip the Kids". People. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Feminine trading cards are big rage". The Day. Associated Press. November 10, 1980. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Levy, Alan H. (December 5, 2013). The Political Life of Bella Abzug, 1976–1998: Electoral Failures and the Vagaries of Identity Politics. Lexington Books. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-7391-8725-8.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Dorpinghaus, Sarah (April 8, 2008). "IDL staff pick: Supersisters trading cards, 1979". Digital Research & Publishing, University of Iowa Libraries. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Zanis, Liz (April 3, 2014). "Collecting Inspiration with Supersisters". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
- ^ a b The entire Supersisters card set is viewable online at the University of Iowa Digital Libraries at http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/founders/id/4267/rec/1
External links
- Supersisters trading cards at Iowa Digital Library
