Woman Free Yourself

Faith Ringgold
Woman Free Yourself, 1971
Offset print
Work: 61 x 48.3 cm

Woman Free Yourself is one of four posters made by Ringgold in the early 1970s as a form of black feminist activism. The posters were intended for public meetings and spontaneous protest, distributed as free art in keeping with the spirit of the times. Ringgold’s posters incorporate design elements from the Kuba region of the Congo, as well as popular protest slogans and words such as ‘Freedom’, ‘Woman’ and ‘Now’.