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September 9, 1971~ Attica Prison uprising begins

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United States of Attica by Faith Ringgold

1972 / Offset lithograph / 21 5/8”x27 3/8” / Various collections

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Previous September 9 posts:

Hispanic Artists~September 9

Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/9~

September 6, 1761~ French painter Marie-Gabrielle Capet is born

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Atelier of Madame Vincent by Marie-Gabrielle Capet

1808 / Oil on canvas / 27 5/16”x32 7/8” / Neue Pinakothek, Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich

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Previous September 6 posts:

Hispanic Artists~September 6

Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/6~

August 30, 1907~ Artist, designer, & author Leonor Fini is born in Buenos Aires

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Opération I  by Leonor Fini

1939 / Oil on canvas / 36 1/4”x25 1/2” / Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco, CA

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Previous August 30 posts:

Self Portraits~August 30

Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/30~

August 28, 1917~ 10 Suffragists Arrested While Picketing at the White House

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Votes for Women by Bertha Margaret Boyé*

1911 / Lithographic poster / 23”x15 1/2” / Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe Institute

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Picketing for Suffrage~ https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/august-28/

* I found very little biographical information on Bertha Margaret Boyé on the web. I did find this pdf file, where a bio appears [Look for p.16 of the pdf , which is p.330 of the book the file was made from]. File does not download automatically; you can read it in your browser.
https://www.tfaoi.org/cm/10cm/10cm99.pdf

Previous August 28 posts:

Self Portraits~August 28

Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/28~

August 24, 1926~ Feminist artist & activist Nancy Spero is born

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The Goddess Nut II by Nancy Spero

1990 / Paint and printed collage on five panels of paper / 84”x110”
© Nancy Spero and Leon Golub Foundation for the Arts/VAGA at ARS, New York

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Previous August 24 posts:

Self Portraits~August 24

Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/24~

August 13, 1892~ Baltimore Afro-American newspaper founded

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The Watch Dog by Romare Bearden

Cartoon published in the Baltimore Afro-American, June 20, 1936
Afro-American Newspapers Archives and Research Center, Baltimore

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Previous August 13 posts:

Self Portraits~August 13

George Luks: Born August 13, 1867

Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/13~

August 6, 2012~ NASA’s rover Curiosity successfully lands on Mars

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Mars Dust by Alma Thomas

1972 / Acrylic on canvas / 69 1/4”x57 1/8” / Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

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Link: 50 Years Ago, Alma Thomas Made ‘Space’ Paintings that Imagined the Moon and Mars

Previous August 6 posts:

Self Portraits~August 6

August 6, 1945: Enola Gay drops 5-ton bomb over Hiroshima

Andy Warhol: Born August 6, 1928

Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/6~