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1. The first feminist art program took place at California State University, Fresno (1970-1971) and was led by Judy 
Chicago. In the following year, a feminist art program led by Chicago and Miriam Schapiro, and a feminist design program led by Sheila de Bretteville, were held at the California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California.

2. The feminist organization which were invited to relocate at the Woman's Building, and which joined it were: Womanspace (the first independent gallery and performance space for women in the arts on the West Coast), Gallery 707 (a commercial gallery devoted to the exhibition of women's art), the L.A. Women's Switchboard (a telephone information service on feminist groups and services), a branch of Sisterhood Bookstore (a feminist bookstore), Grandview Gallery (a woman's cooprative gallery) and a feminist therapist who rented an office at the Building. Later on, a number of organizations joined (while others left or closed down): a chapter of N.O.W., a women's coffee shop, and Womantours (a woman's travel agency). The F.S.W. School was from the beginning housed at the Woman's Building; the F.S.W. facilities included studios, a Woman's Graphic Center, and the Center for Feminist Art Historical Studies. In addition, the Woman's Building housed community gallery spaces, a performance space, and the Extension Program. (This is a description of the Woman's Building during its first two years of existence at 743 S. Grandview, L.A. before moving to its new location in August 1975.)

3. It was named after the Board of Lady Managers which initiated the Woman's Building in Chicago 1893 (part of the World Columbian Exposition). The name Woman's Building was also chosen as a tribute to the 1893 building, recognizing in it the only precedent of which we know for a feminist woman governed building dedicated to women's history, culture, work and acievement. The 1893 Woman's Building was a temporary structure on the World's Fair grounds. It housed exhibitions, statistical data, women's writings, patents, etc. of the work of women in over 40 countries. About two years after the opening of our L.A. Woman's Building, Arlene Raven and I created a documentary exhibition of the 1893 Chicago Building. This exhibit (funded by the California Arts Commission) was on view at the L.A. Woman's Building during Spring 1976, and is still available as a travelling exhibition.