2010.54.18482

• foreign

Poster has red and black ink printed on white paper. Vertically up the left edge is "Women Of The Commune 1871". At the center is a black and white illustration of 19th century women rallying, with a woman in the fore holding a long stick. At the top of the poster is "We Have Petrol, And We Have Hatchets And Strong / Hearts, And Are As Capable Of Bearing Fatigue As They, / We Will Man The Barricades And Show Them That / We Will No Longer Be Trodden Down...Such As / Still Wish To Fight May Do So, Side By Side With / Us. Women Of Paris, To The Front!" At the bottom left is a quote from Lenin about female involvement in the Paris Commune. At the bottom right is a black and white illustration of women organizing meetings to fight for political rights, with related caption below.