Breast Cancer Awareness Gold Tone Angel Necklace + BONUS Pink Ribbon Earrings

Breast Cancer Awareness Gold Tone Angel Necklace & BONUS Pink Ribbon Logo Earrings. Show your support with this pretty gold tone angel necklace. Her face is a sparkling, multi-faceted faux diamond and her body is the iconic pink ribbon. The bonus drop earrings are clear with the pink ribbon encased within. ***The Pink Ribbon Origin Story*** The pink ribbon movement began as a grassroots effort in the early 1990s when 68-year-old Charlotte Haley handmade peach ribbons to raise awareness about the lack of funding for cancer prevention research. SELF published a story about her endeavor and later requested the rights to her peach ribbon. Despite offers from SELF, Estee Lauder and other corporate giants, Haley, whose family tree was riddled with breast cancer, didn’t want to go commercial. So, in 1991, the editors at SELF created a ribbon in another color: pink. In short order, pink ribbons became the international symbol of breast cancer awareness—and federal funding for breast cancer research increased dramatically alongside the number of women getting annual mammograms.