2010.54.1478

Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace & Justice
1984
24.00 in HIGH x 13.75 in WIDE
(60.96 cm HIGH x 34.92 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.1478

Lower right corner has:" Poster Design by Bonnie Acker and Women's Encampment friends / Printing by Red Sun Press, Jamaica Plain, MA" with a union label and: "172"

Top of poster has the text: "Women's Encampment / For A Future Of Peace & Justice / Summer 1984 - Seneca Army Depot - NY" Below the poster has a drawing with five horizontal panels. Each panel depicts several female figures from a specific period in history. Each panel is labeled with a date and has accompanying text. The text reads from top to bottom: "1590 Women Of / The Hotinonsionne / Iriquois Confederacy / Gather At Seneca To / Demand An End To War / Among The Nations / 1800's Abolitionists Make / Seneca Country A Major Stop On / The Underground Railroad With / Harriet Tubman's House Near The / Present Day Army Depot / 1848 Early Feminists / Hold First Women's Rights / Convention At Seneca Falls / To Call For Suffrage & / Equal Participation In All / Other Areas OF Life / Today Urban And Rural Women / Join Together In Seneca Country / To Challenge The Nuclear Threat / To Life Itself - We Focus On The / Weapons At The Seneca Army / Depot To Prevent Deployment Of / NATO Missiles In Solidarity With / The European Peace Movement". The bottom of the poster has the text: "Women Creating A Community Of Resistance / To Nuclear Weapons & All Ways Of War". Bottom left corner has contact information.
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