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Small poster with a light brown image in the center of a woman in field carrying a basket on her head. She is wearing a dotted skirt, light colored shirt and a white headscarf. Below the image is "Wendy Yoshimura/ Artist and Defandant Exhibit/ Glide Memorial Church/ 330 Ellis, SF/ April 3 to April 30, 1977/ Opening Sunday, April 3, 7-9 PM." Wendy Masako Yoshimura (born in the Manzanar Internment Camp January 17, 1943) is a still life watercolor painter better known for her involvement with the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA). She was not involved in the infamous kidnapping of Patty Hearst. She was, however, convicted on explosives and weapons charges stemming from involvement with a previous militant group in 1972 and served a short prison sentence. Her trial drew considerable support from the Japanese-American community. [LMC]