Oh geez, now I'm feeling positively ancient - I saw it with my mom in 1982, before some of the people on this list were even born. I remember that the printed matter available at the time was exorbitantly priced for someone still paying off college loans and big-city rent, so we never even picked up any 'souvenirs' of our attendance. It's good to see more and more of that documentation being done now in a freely available way.

I do remember, even back then, thinking that the emphasis on genitalia seemed to diminish the broader accomplishments of many of the subjects. The other thing I remember was the sense that we were in an "estrogen-charged" room (in comparison with, perhaps, a football team's "testosterone-charged" room). Sad that it took so long to find a permanent home.

Risker/Anne

On 26 July 2013 10:53, Katherine Casey <fluffernutter.wiki@gmail.com> wrote:

I saw that exhibit in person a few years ago as part of a Wikimedia NYC meetup - it was amazingly intricate and detailed, and I think I recall a few of us sitting down afterward to see how many of the women had articles, and being rather disappointed. I'm happy to see the Brooklyn Museum working on this!

On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Sumana Harihareswara <sumanah@wikimedia.org> wrote:

http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/community/blogosphere/2013/07/16/writing-women-back-into-history

Discovered via
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-07-24/News_and_notes
which summarizes: "Writing women back into history: A blog post at the
Brooklyn Museum highlights Alexandra Thom's goal of chronicling all
1,038 women in Judy Chicago's *Dinner Party* on Wikipedia." You can
help: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_women_in_the_Heritage_Floor

I've never seen "The Dinner Party" but I mean to someday, partly because
of my spouse's description: "Judy Chicago's piece is a monument to dead
and mythological heroes, realized in media traditionally associated with
women: ceramics, sewing, weaving, embroidery, lace, and (implied) food.
It serves as a counterweight to all of history's monuments honoring
men." (My spouse wrote a science fiction novel that features "The
Dinner Party".)
--
Sumana Harihareswara
Engineering Community Manager
Wikimedia Foundation

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