Suffragettes to She-Devils

by Guido Costa, Nan Goldin, Enrique Juncosa

The fight for women's rights worldwide has been one of the great power struggles of the twentieth century, and its graphic expression has been central to this battle. Suffragettes to She-Devils captures the excitement of women's revolutionary campaigns and movements from the vibrant visual identity of the militant suffragettes, through the humour and sniping of the cartoons of Women's Lib in the sixties, to the virtual-reality explorations of end-of-the-century cyberfeminists. It studies the developing role of graphics and related media in the struggle for women's liberation, focusing on the way women have used graphics as a tool for their empowerment - finding a voice through visual or graphic means.

Genres: Nonfiction, Feminism, Art

240 pages, Hardcover

First published December 6, 1997

Reviews

[Ashleigh Humble-Larkin · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Great Book, very inspiring and I learned a lot about the history of the suffragettes and particularly many artists and designers I’m going to further research in to, i would definitely recommend this book 5/5 ⭐️

[Jill · Rating 4 out of 5]

A collection of the images used throughout the last 100 years to promote the struggle for women’s rights, this is a book to dip into rather than read from cover to cover. Starting with the Suffragettes who pioneered the use of image and colour as part of their fight for the vote, we are taken on a journey through women’s fight for rights in the political, sexual and work arena. Each chapter has a text but it is the images that compel from the medals awarded to Suffragettes who underwent hunger strikes to the Rosie the Riveter poster from World War II to the sometimes confronting images of second wave feminism. Although women have come a long way there are still so many challenges. 

[Katherine]

This looks really cool, it's been on my shelf for years but like nearly all my art books I haven't actually READ it yet.