History of the Women’s Caucus for Art

Here are several books with references to WCA's first days:

THE POWER OF FEMINIST ART: The Amerian Movement of the 1970's, History and Impact
Edited by Norma Broude and Mary D. Garrad

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Frostig, K., & Halamka, K. A. (Eds.). (2007). Blaze: Discourse on Art, Women and
Feminism. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Dickinson, E. (2007). Report on the History of the Women's Caucus for Art. In K. Frostig
& K. A. Halamka (Eds.), Blaze: Discourse on Art, Women and Feminism (pp.
37-69). New Castle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Track change edits for “Report on the History of the Women's Caucus for Art” by
DeRenne Coerr and copy edits by Barbara Benziger

Report on the History of the Women’s Caucus for Art

The Women’s Caucus for Art was born in anger and nurtured by challenge and innovation for many years thereafter. Following a series of major upheavals in Europe and the United States, never-ending wars, “police actions” and war protests left wide-spread feelings of dissatisfaction with the conditions of life that previous generations had been willing to fight for. The Civil Rights movement, begun to end racial discrimination in America, had raised awareness of many other kinds of discrimination in the educational system, employment, and housing, and in the military forces where racial segregation both of the African Americans and the Japanese Americans had forced them into concentration camps on doubts of their patriotism. These movements raised questions of many other forms of discrimination, such as when women were forced to give up their war time jobs as men returned from the battlefields.

To read more please order the book, or ask you local library to order the Blaze book.