Judy A. Seidman
American, born 1951, active in Botswana and South Africa
Now You Have Touched The Women…
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Judy A. Seidman
American, born 1951, active in Botswana and South Africa1981
Now You Have Touched The Women…
Judy A. Seidman American, born 1951, active in Botswana and South Africa →Medu Art Ensembleprint
Date
1981
Medium
Screenprint in dark and light green on cream wove paper
Dimensions
61 × 43 cm (24 1/16 × 16 15/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Artworkers Retirement Society
“Now You Have Touched the Women” are lyrics from a South African protest song from the 1956 Anti-Pass Campaign. Pass laws severely restricted movement within the country for black, Indian, and Colored women seeking work or traveling for any reason. On August 9, 1956, twenty thousand women from across the country marched to the union buildings in the capital city, Pretoria, to petition Prime Minister J. G. Strijdom on the issue. Such significant displays of women’s defiance are recognized annually through South Africa’s National Women’s Day.
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