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YOU HAVE TAMPERED WITH THE WOMEN YOU HAVE STRUCK A ROCK

Theme: Community: Azikhwelwa


Call Number: 2605
Identifier: AL2446_2605
Title: YOU HAVE TAMPERED WITH THE WOMEN YOU HAVE STRUCK A ROCK
Date: 1988
Subject: Images of Defiance-IOD;
slogan;
women;
women’s organizations;
Union Buildings;
Pretoria;
1956
Description: This poster is silkscreened black, green and red, produced by the Community Arts Project, Cape Town. This image refers to a slogan poster that became the rallying cry of women’s organizations. This image depicts women marching to government offices at the Union Buildings in Pretoria in 1956. The text reads: “YOU HAVE TAMPERED WITH THE WOMEN YOU HAVE STRUCK A ROCK " Digitised by Specialised Archival Solutions in 2009. Reproduced in "Images of Defiance: South African Resistance posters in the 1980s" on page 87 (number 156) of the 1991 SAHA / Ravan Press edition and the 2004 SAHA / STE Publishers edition
Creator: Community Arts Project (CAP)
Type: Poster
Format: Access image - jpg
Preservation image - tiff
Source: SAHA collection AL2446
Language: English
Coverage: South Africa
Rights: Copyright of some material is held by individual poster makers/organisations. Copyright restrictions may apply. See SAHA copyright statement for more information
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