Feminism In Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party

The Oxford Living Dictionary defines anonymity as the state of being anonymous or of having no outstanding features. Analogously, the word anonymity also exemplifies the condition of women prior to the advancement of feminism, as previous to this, women were marginalized and rarely recognized as capable of achievements beyond childbirth and housework. As Virginia Woolf explained, anonymous “was often a woman.” Although, some anonymity may be relaxing, the thought of total anonymity is undesirable by any human being. The first flickers of feminism started in 1848, in Seneca Falls, New York at a two-day conference on woman’s rights. Of the almost 200 women and 40 men that attended the convention, 68 women and 32 men signed a Declaration of Sentiments an Grievances, demanding “equal treatment of women and men under the law and voting rights for women.” One hundred and twenty-six years later, Judy Chicago created The Dinner Party, a mixed media installation to celebrate the liberation of women and women artists from the tyranny of anonymity.
Judy Chicago (once known as Judith Sylvia Cohen) was born in 1939, during a time in which woman were an important part of society but were still not treated equally. “I was raised in …show more content…
Author Sally Deskins stated that in the recent installation (Feb, 2016) the piece no longer included the International Honor Quilt, consisting of 539 quilts and thousands of patches, as it was donated to Hite Art Institute in Louisville, Kentucky. Further, the acknowledgement panels containing the names of the volunteers are no longer displayed, and the documentary panels were sold to the National Museum for Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. Finally, the Heritage Panels are also absent, although the remaining pieces of the installation are still located within the Brooklyn