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Yet what better evidence could there be of a concession and recognition on the part of man, which must ultimate in the fulfillment of our largest hope than the place so cordially assigned to woman in this Columbian Exposition by the powers that be? It is no less than a world-wide announcement of her coming on, verified in every form of art and industry. For the first time in the history of the race the governmental powers have fashioned an auditorium where a world gives hearing to women, and through her own powers of creation and invention she speaks the same language as man, varying only in a tone and modulation which beautifully and forever enhances the distinctive attributes of sex.

Rev. Augusta Cooper Bristol

The Los Angeles Woman's Building is a place where we can centralize and develop women's services, businesses, and activities. We become visible and unified. It is a sanctuary where we are able to begin again to create a non-sexist, non-authoritarian, co-operative, sensitive environment. Its success is contingent on our willingness to look at what we are doing and to change those behaviors which are detrimental to our individual and collective efforts to grow into freedom, however we define such a garden.

Susan Kuhner

I was aware of how unique our situation at the Building is after going to San Diego State College last week. I had gone to see Pauline Oliveros perform and it just so happened that the evening also consisted of a dedication of their new theater and three other performances by the SDSC faculty. Within the first five minutes, I realized that the theater was not built for artists but for the school administration. There was a large reception before the evening started and those that went were not artists nor were there any women there except in the role of wife. I was shocked although there was nothing unusual about it. But I was accustomed to the Woman's Building where women are active and honored and where artists are actively involved in shaping and building their community.
Laurel Klick

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[[image entitled "Women in the Printing Arts Exhibit"]]

[[image entitled "Women prepare this gallery floor space on which they later painted a facsimile of an Elleen Gray rug design"]]