Now You Have Touched The Women…

Prints and Drawings

1981

Judy A. Seidman
American, born 1951, active in Botswana and South Africa

“Now You Have Touched the Women” are lyrics from a South African protest song from the 1956 Anti-Pass Campaign. Pass laws severely restricted movement within the country for black, Indian, and Colored women seeking work or traveling for any reason. On August 9, 1956, twenty thousand women from across the country marched to the union buildings in the capital city, Pretoria, to petition Prime Minister J. G. Strijdom on the issue. Such significant displays of women’s defiance are recognized annually through South Africa’s National Women’s Day.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Judy Ann Seidman
Title: Now You Have Touched The Women…
Place: South Africa (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1981
Medium: Screenprint in dark and light green on cream wove paper
Dimensions: 61 × 43 cm (24 1/16 × 16 15/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Artworkers Retirement Society
Reference Number: 2018.465

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