The War On Women - a body of art addressing abortion and abuse
Art depicting the emotional trauma of illegal abortions, abuse, sexual assault and domestic violence. These portraits convey the long overdue need for equal rights for women - they should not be victims to be hunted or forced into giving birth.
Sherri
Sherri
In 1962 Sherri Chessen was a married mother of four, and star of "Romper Room," a children's TV show in Phoenix, where she was known as Miss Sherri, when she became pregnant. To treat morning sickness, she took a sedative. That drug, she later discovered, contained thalidomide, a chemical linked to severe birth defects. She had to travel to Sweden, where abortion was legal. She had been fired from her job on "Romper Room."
Chessen told an interviewer, "In all the soul-searching I have done, I sincerely feel I would not be giving life to anything. I feel that I would be giving a kind of living death."
From a series titled - The War On Women
Original one-of-a-kind art, watercolor/collage on heavy paper. 9” wide x 12” tall. Unframed.
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