| LC control no. | n 80137388 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Edelson, Mary Beth |
| Variant(s) | Johnson, Mary, 1933-2021 |
| Other standard no. | 0000000079326046 23450390 Q16095250 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | New York (N.Y.) Washington (D.C.) |
| Birth date | 1933-02-06 |
| Death date | 2021-04-20 |
| Place of birth | East Chicago (Ind.) |
| Place of death | Ocean Grove (N.J.) |
| Field of activity | Feminism in art Feminism and art Conceptual art Political art |
| Affiliation | A.I.R. Gallery (New York, N.Y.) Women's Action Coalition (New York, N.Y.) Heresies Collective, Inc. |
| Profession or occupation | Artists Performance artists Political activists |
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| Found in | Her Seven cycles, 1980: t.p. (Mary Beth Edelson) New York times, 30 May 2021: in an obituary on page 28 (Mary Beth Edelson; born Mary Elizabeth Johnson Feb. 6, 1933 in East Chicago, Ind., died April 20 in Ocean Grove, N.J., aged 88; a pivotal artist and organizer in the feminist art movement of the 1970s who was known as much for her participation in public protests as for her ritualistic performances; activist; in 1972, she began another project that would last for decades: her "Story-gathering Boxes" which contain cards with prompts for viewers to respond to) Mary Beth Edelson Papers, 2023: archival finding aid (Edelson joined A.I.R. Gallery (Artists in Residence), and Heresies Collective; she was a leader in the Women's Action Coalition) <http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/fales/mss_549/> |
| Associated language | eng |
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