gender

untitled (the common woman will rise)
1976

Poster has a drawing of a loaf of bread in the center with small filagrees in each corner. Poster reads, "I swear it to you On my common woman's head, The common woman is as common As a common...

Microfilm Collections of the Former Women's History Library
c.1975

Poster has a purple background with a black and white drawing of two women digging at a large pile. Above is black text. Poster reads, "Microfilm Collections of the Former Women's History Library...

The History of the Women's Liberation Movement
c. 1976

Poster has a drawing of a woman's face in the center. Above in brown is "The History of the Women's Liberation Movement/ 7am - 1am, March 8th on KPEA fm 94." The bottom edge has a listing of...

Harriet Tubman
1981

Poster has an image of Harriet Tubman. Printed at the top right is "My train never jumped the track and I never lost a passenger." Printed at the bottom center of the poster is "Harriet Tubman /...

The Suffragist
n.d.

Poster shows two women standing outdoors. The women are wearing sashes over their dresses. Printed at the top of the poster is "The Suffragist / Vol. VII. No. 12 / Five Cents / Official Weekly...

Ida B. Wells-Barnett
1986

Poster has an image of Ida B. Wells-Barnett. Printed at the top of the poster in white font is "Ida B. Wheels-Barnett / Investigative Reporter, Leader of Anti-lynching Campaign." The...

Leonora O'Reilly
1980

Poster has an image of Leonora O'Reilly with a banner that reads "Trade Union" on the left side of the poster. Printed at the top left corner is the dates "Feb.16, 1870 ~ Apr. 3, 1927." Printed at...

Women have Long Hair and Short Wits
1978

Poster shows 6 photographs of important women with a brief summary of their accomplishments. At the top left of the poster is a photo of Margaret Sanger. Printed underneath her photograph is "...

Money talks...about America
1979

Printed at the top of the poster is "Money talks...about America." Below this is a penny with Abraham Lincoln with the word "emancipation!" printed to the right of the coin. At the right center of...

Ida B. Wells
n.d.

Poster has an image of Ida B. Wells. Printed below the image is "Ida B. Wells / "I'd Rather Go Down In History As One Lone Negro Who Dared To Tell The Government That It Had Done A Dastardly Thing...

February 15 Celebrate Anthony's Birthday
1977

Printed at the top of the poster towards the left side is "We cannot tell a lie." Underneath this, is an image of George Washington. Printed to the right of him is "George Washington helped win...

Women's History Week
1981

Printed at the top of the poster is "Women's History Week / The Week of March 8." Below this are 5 columns. In each column is an image of an individual, a brief description of their...

Virginia Woolf
n.d.

Poster has a black and white photograph of Virginia Woolf in the center of the poster. Printed below the photograph is "Virginia Woolf / "Indeed, I Would Venture To Guess That Anon, Who Wrote So...

Women's History Week
1982

Printed at the top of the poster is "Women's History Week / The Week of March 8." Below this are 5 columns. In each column is an image, brief description of the individual(s), and the day of the...

untitled (portrait of a woman)
n.d.

Poster has a portrait of a woman wearing a pearl necklace. Printed in black font below the image is "And let the daughters of uneducated women dance round the new house, the poor house, the house...

Frances Perkins
1980

Poster shows an image of Frances Perkins sitting at a desk and writing on the top half of the poster. Printed in white font to the left of her is "Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins Author of...

A Woman's Place Is at the Top
1978

Poster has an image of Annie Smith Peck standing on a mountain. Annie is leaning on a pick and has a rope tied around her waist. Printed in black font at the top of the poster is "A Woman's Place...

Lucy Hobbs Taylor
1982

Poster has a black and white photograph of Lucy Hobbs Taylor in the center of the poster. Printed in yellow font against a red background at the top of the poster and above the photograph is "Lucy...

Chief Sarah Winnemucca
1979

Poster has a photogaph of Chief Sarah Winnemucca in the center of the poster. To the top left of Chief Sarah Winnemucca is a partial map of Nevada. Printed in black font at the top of the poster...

Julia de Burgos
1982

Poster shows a photo of Julia de Burgos. Printed above the photo in white font is "Julia de Burgos / 1914-1953 / Poeta puertorriquena / Puerto Rican poet." Printed to the left of the photo in...

Amelia Earhart
1981

Poster shows Amelia Earhart standing on top of an airplane. Her name is printed above the image and filled in with a cloud pattern. Printed to the right of her name is "1897 to 1937."

Belva Lock Wood
1980

Poster has a portrait of Belva Lock Wood in blue ink against a red background. The years "1830 - 1917" are printed in blue font just above the proper left shoulder. Printed at the bottom of the...

Ch'iu Chin
1980

Poster has an image of Ch'iu Chin. Printed in blue font towards the bottom center of the poster is "Ch'iu Chin / Poet and Leader in the Struggle to Educate and Emancipate Women in China / 1875 -...

Luisa May Alcott
1979

The poster has a thin white border and a red background overall. The top edge of the poster has the text: "Louisa May Alcott / Nov. 25, 1832 - Mar. 6, 1888". The center of the poster has a large...

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