Hope Song
“Hope is a song in a weary throat.”
— Pauli Murray
This is an “unofficial” member of the Dead Feminists broadsides series, an original letterpress print created to commemorate the centennial anniversary (1920-2020) of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which granted women in the United States the right to vote. And in recognition that “equality” at the ballot box is still not guaranteed to many Black, Indigenous, and other women of color, the print features a quote by Anna Pauline “Pauli” Murray: lawyer, civil and women’s rights activist, and the first African-American woman to be ordained as an Episcopal priest.
The mini-broadside was letterpress-printed from wood and metal type handset on jaunty curves and angles by Jessica (using Daredevil Furniture, printers’ tools of Jessica’s own invention!), and a linoleum block illustration of a meadowlark hand-carved by Chandler.
To continue our mission of helping women and girls take action in their own communities, half of the proceeds of this print go to the Dead Feminists Fund.
Year created
2020
At issue
100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, and the reality that Black, Indigenous, and other women of color still do not have true equality at the ballot box, despite constitutional protection
Edition size
Variable edition of approximately 150 prints