Object number:
2010.54.657
Object name:
poster; work on paper
Title:
We Celebrate Women's Struggles: We Celebrate People's Victories.
Maker:
Susan Shapiro
Date made:
1975
Material / Technique:
Screen print on paper
Dimensions:
H: 16 in, W: 20 in
Credit line:
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
poster
Content description:
Poster has text at top edge: " We Celebrate Women's Struggles / We Celebrate People's Victories. " Below is a depiction of a line of people on a hill holding hands. The figure at the front of the line is carrying a red flag that has a symbol for woman that contains a star. Below is the text: "The mountain is only so high... / our capacity is without limit. / The stars move; our will is unshakable! / Inscription on the walls of a cell: Con Son Women's Prison, South Viet Nam / (Liberated April 30 1975) " [This poster was popular enough that an offset version was also produced in larger numbers. -LMC]
Concepts:
woman; women's symbol; International Solidarity; political prisoners; women's rights
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