Women Artists in Revolution records
name: label: Creator
content: Women Artists in Revolution
label: Names
content: Art Workers Coalition
label: Names
content: Skiles, Jacqueline Dean, 1937-
topic: label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Feminism and art
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1972 & 1979 by Jacqueline Skiles, founder of the organization.
creator: label: Creator
content: Women Artists in Revolution
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content: Women Artists in Revolution records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The records of Women Artists in Revolution measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1971 to 1977. Found are materials relating to the first and second editions of A Documentary Herstory for Women Artists in Revolution including copies of the publication, correspondence, business records, and printed material. Also found is an address given by Jacqueline Skiles in 1972.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Founded in 1969 as the women's caucus of the Art Workers' Coalition, Women Artists in Revolution (W.A.R.) was a collective of women artists based in New York City, New York. Members included Muriel Castanis Silvianna Goldsmith, Juliette Gordon, Doloris Holmes, Faith Ringgold, Jacqueline Skiles, Nancy Spero, and others


First published in 1971, A Documentary HerStory of Women Artists in Revolution documents the efforts of the group to advance women in the arts and includes manifestos, statements, articles, reports, protest ephemera, grant-related material, correspondence, and other documentation.
function: label: Function
content: Arts organizations -- New York (State)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971-1977
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.womearti
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2023 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The records of Women Artists in Revolution measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1971 to 1977. Found are materials relating to the first and second editions of A Documentary Herstory for Women Artists in Revolution including copies of the publication, correspondence, business records, and printed material. Also found is an address given by Jacqueline Skiles in 1972.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds the Jacqueline Skiles papers, 1963-1980; an oral history interview of Jacqueline Skiles conducted by Doloris Holmes in 1971 for the Archives of American Art "Art World in Turmoil" oral history project; and the Women's Interart Center records, 1970-1981.