2010.54.13068

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untitled (image of African woman with text about female genital mutilations)
circa 1976
24.5 in HIGH x 17.5 in WIDE
(62.23 cm HIGH x 44.45 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.13068

"_1980 Red Pepper Posters, P.O. Box 11308, San Francisco, CA 94101" as well as "Newberg Printing / 495 Ellis St. / San Francisco, Ca 94102 / Labor Donated / 80" are printed along the bottom of the left edge.





Poster consists of black, brown, tan, and white print on a striped background with white text. Image depicts and African women with a headscarf in profile with a child of a different race in front of her. Text at the bottom describes the affect of genital mutilations on women in Africa and to similar unnecessary surgery perfomed in the United States in the 1940''s until today and "In solidarity with African women and all women: that every women amy own her own body."

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