| Breast cancer is the most critical cancer risk | | | | as an awareness symbol. She attached yellow |
| facing women in America now. By means of the | | | | ribbons around the trees, to exemplify the |
| pink ribbon as their symbol numerous | | | | aspiration of her husband coming home. Her |
| organizations both in the United States and out of | | | | friends and family members followed the style |
| the country are battling to inform both women | | | | because of loyalty. Seeing that all Americans were |
| and men concerning this disease as well as | | | | able to perceive this message, the "ribbon |
| promote research and development both for | | | | became a medium". |
| treatment of breast cancer and at some point | | | | The pink ribbon for breast cancer has been the |
| the comprehensive eradication of the disease. | | | | symbol for awareness of it and support for well |
| The pink ribbon deemed world wide to be an | | | | over a decade. The derivations of the pink ribbon |
| international symbol for breast cancer. The pink | | | | for breast cancer date back to the early 1990's, |
| ribbon is ever-present, or seeming to be present | | | | when ribbons were fast becoming well-liked |
| far and wide at once, and be ubiquitous. No one | | | | means to encourage awareness of different |
| company or organization or foundation has the | | | | causes. |
| rights to this worldwide symbol. But, individual pink | | | | Breast cancer is an exceptionally personal disease |
| ribbon designers could hold all rights reserved on | | | | as the breasts are a physically powerful organ of |
| their copyright, such as Avon has its own, as | | | | femininity and what makes a woman a woman. |
| does Estee Lauder. | | | | Selecting such a color that is a bright, healthy |
| In the early 1970s the song Tie a Yellow Ribbon | | | | symbol of women was perceived as a positive |
| 'Round the Ole Oak Tree was released, based on | | | | and outstanding method to raise awareness of |
| this song a wife of a hostage in Iran, Penney | | | | breast cancer as well as support funding of |
| Laingen, was the first who employed the ribbon | | | | research to battle this disease. |