Forward Times
Poster
1977 (published)
1977 (published)
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| Place of origin |
Screenprint poster of the front page of a radical newspaper, with a large pink hand printed beneath the text. The headline is 'Women declare war on rape' with seven further articles below on initiatives such as the Anti-Rape Squad ('The earliest anti-rape squads popped up spontaneously in late 1971 New York City, Detroit and Alberquerque...). There is a graph regarding the percentage change of instances of forcible rape between 1960 and 1977, peaking strongly in 1972 when this poster was designed. Lettered across the based of the sheet with copyright information and the address of the collective in Chicago.
Object details
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| Title | Forward Times (generic title) |
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| Brief description | "Forward Times - Women declare war on rape". Feminist poster by Womens Graphics Collective. Photo: Sid Sattler. USA, 1972. Published 1977. |
| Physical description | Screenprint poster of the front page of a radical newspaper, with a large pink hand printed beneath the text. The headline is 'Women declare war on rape' with seven further articles below on initiatives such as the Anti-Rape Squad ('The earliest anti-rape squads popped up spontaneously in late 1971 New York City, Detroit and Alberquerque...). There is a graph regarding the percentage change of instances of forcible rape between 1960 and 1977, peaking strongly in 1972 when this poster was designed. Lettered across the based of the sheet with copyright information and the address of the collective in Chicago. |
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| Credit line | Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko |
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| Accession number | E.1692-2004 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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