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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. LOCFEM_170130_004.JPG: E. Markel. Votes for Women: International Suffragists Song. 1916.
2. LOCFEM_170130_007.JPG: Women's Music: Feminist Sounds and Spaces In the not too distant past, it was considered improper for women to speak in public. With this exhibit, we celebrate the power of women's voices. Whether it's agitating for the vote, campaigning for equal treatment under the law, or screaming against sexism, the items in this exhibit seek to illuminate the historical and contemporary connections between music and feminist and LGBTQ+ politics and organizing.
3. LOCFEM_170130_009.JPG: Songs for Suffrage: Suffrage songs were composed for a number of reasons, including publicity. However, a number of tunes were created specifically to accompany the syffragists during marches, parades, and protests. V. Billi. The Suffragettes March.
4. LOCFEM_170130_011.JPG: Caution: Women Working Music has always been a means to make the work day pass more quickly. However, music also provides another way to agitate for equal treatment. Written in 1931, "Which Side Are You On?" illuminates the issues facing working women, and not just in female-dominated professions. This song in particular shows that the struggle of all workers is of concern to women and families.
5. LOCFEM_170130_013.JPG: F. Howard. We'll Show You When We Come to Vote. 1869.
6. LOCFEM_170130_019.JPG: Singing for the Vote In a democracy, the vote is the voice of the citizen. The passage of the 19th amendment ensured that the voices of American women would be heard for generations to come. Suffrage songs and parades were just one tactic with which organizers for women's suffrage made their voices heard.
7. LOCFEM_170130_033.JPG: Lavender Jane Loves Women The album Lavender Jane Loves Women is widely considered to be the first lesbian record. Which is to say, performer Alix Dobkin, a self-identified lesbian, explicitly created music for a lesbian audience. Lavender was a color associated with lesbians during this time, and Betty Friedan had referred to lesbians within the feminist movement as "the lavender menace." A. Dobkin. Lavender Jane Loves Women. 1973.
8. LOCFEM_170130_040.JPG: Fostering Intentional Communities Women's music festivals were not only for music, they were also for feminist consciousness raising. Workshops were offered on a variety of topics from breast-feeding to political organizing. Within the festivals, "festiegoers" and organizers attempted to foster the values of equality that they wished to manifest in the world at large. National Public Radio. Music and the Women's Movement: An Essay (Sound Recording/Cassette). 1980.
9. LOCFEM_170130_052.JPG: Olivia Records Makes History Founded in 1973, Olivia Records was a fully female owned and operated record label in the United States. In order to break through the rampant sexism of the music industry, the founders of Olivia recognized that they would need their own channels with which to produce and distribute music. M. Watkins. Something Moving. 1978.
10. LOCFEM_170130_085.JPG: Revolution Grrrl Style Now! Riot Grrrl was born screaming in the 1990s. Loud, fast, and feminist, a new genre of women's music had emerged. Riot Grrrl was explicly and self-consciously dedicated to fostering equality not just in the music scene, but within communities. The Riot Grrrl Manifesto (See: What is Riot Grrrl?) reads, "... Because every time we pick up a pen, or an instrument, or get anything done, we are creating the revolution." J. Fateman. The Riot Grrrl Collection. 2013.
11. LOCFEM_170130_090.JPG: The Power of Women's Voices This exhibit celebrates the power of women's voices, and their place within feminism, an inclusive movement for social change. Just as there are multiple ways to be a feminist, there are multiple ways one might act in order to reach feminist goals. Music is just one outlet of many by which women and feminists make their voices and lived experiences heard.
12. LOCFEM_170130_092.JPG: When She Speaks, I Hear the Revolution One way to spread the word about both women's music and feminist politics was self-published "zines" and periodical publications. You will notice that there is an interpreter on the cover of this issue of Hotwire. Feminist gatherings, and the women's music festivals in particular, attempted to foster a culture in which no woman would feel out of place. T. Armstorng. Hotwire Magazine: The Journal of Women's Music and Culture. 1993.
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