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Dead Feminists Broadside Collection
MSS-2014-09-25  
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Description
Dead Feminists Broadside Collection is also known as the "Dead Feminists" Series. Each hand lettered, letterpress-printed broadside features a quote by women in history and juxtaposes it into contemporary social and political issues.
Background
The Dead Feminists series of posters and postcards was a collaboration illustrated and lettered by Chandler O'Leary, then printed by Jessica Spring. Based out of Washington state, O'Leary is an artist who graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in 2004. She is the publishes her illustrations under her house brand, Anagram Press. Receiving her MFA from Columbia College Chicago Center for Books & Paper, Spring is the proprietor of Springtide Press, releasing collections of artist books, broadsides, and ephemera. Together, the two published their poster series as a book, Dead Feminists: Historic Heroines in Living Color in 2016, published by Sasquatch Books.
Extent
1 flat file drawers
Restrictions
Copyright has been assigned to the San Jose State University Library Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the SJSU Special Collections & Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital reproductions of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Availability
The collection is open for research.