Women! Free Our Sisters

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Artist/Maker	N. E. Women's Liberation (printers and publishers) The Black Panther Party of Connecticut (printers and publishers)
Place of origin	United States (made)

This poster was jointly issued by a women's liberation organisation and the Connecticut chapter of the Black Panther Party to announce a demonstration in protest of six Black Panther women who were imprisoned.

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Categories	Prints Propaganda Black History Feminism Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Women! Free Our Sisters (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	printing Paper Ink
Brief description	Poster for demonstration issued by N.E. Women's Lib and Black Panthers. USA, 1969.
Physical description	Photographic image of four women with raised fists. 'WOMEN! FREE OUR SISTERS' printed black on white above. Additional text below.
Dimensions	Height: 57.2cm Width: 44.4cm Height: 578mm Width: 426mm
Marks and inscriptions	WOMEN! FREE OUR SISTERS (across upper margin) [Black Panther stalking panther logo] (lower right) [female symbol with militant black fist] (lower right corner) Sat. Nov. 22, New Haven (printed in bold, lower right corner)
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
Production	Distributed and posted at Yale Law School: 22 November 1969.
Subjects depicted	Radicalism Protest Politics Propaganda Women Civil Rights Movement
Place depicted	United States
Summary	This poster was jointly issued by a women's liberation organisation and the Connecticut chapter of the Black Panther Party to announce a demonstration in protest of six Black Panther women who were imprisoned.
Bibliographic reference	'Prop Art: Over 1000 contemporary political posters' by Gary Yanker. New York: Darien House. 1972. page 41.
Other number	LS.1064 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.304-2004

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Record created	August 6, 2004
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O102252/women-free-our-sisters-poster-n-e-womens/

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