No Shrinking Violets

Patricia Kennedy-Zafred  

61.5 x 45 inches

2018

ARTIST STATEMENT

As an artist who works with photographic images, I was attracted to regional leaders of the movement. Jessie Stubbs and “General” Rosalie Jones led suffragist hikes to Albany, New York, and Washington, D.C., and the Pennsylvania “pickets” marched to Washington in 1917. These were the unnamed heroes of the suffragist movement, who left their families to support an important cause, not unlike the women’s marches of today. Their images, courtesy of the Library of Congress, are silkscreened on hand-dyed fabric, with news articles from the period added as accents. These women were brave, resilient, and proud, which is apparent in their mutual delight and camaraderie.

Photo by Larry Berman