and the steps they took in order to try to solve those problems. One of the biggest steps taken was the establishment of Artemisia in 1973. The main purpose of this was to support and nurture the career of a whole new generation of women artists. Artemisia was established after Joy Por and the decision to establish it was decided after the first women's cooperative gallery in New York City. The gallery officially opened in September 21.
The first topic which they chose to discuss was Gentileschi's art piece. Susannah and the Elders. The painting itself consists of Susannah being spied on by two elders while she is left alone bathing. Susannah of course stood her place and refused their offer of submitting to them sexually. Once Susannah refuses, they threaten to blame her of adultery, a crime that back then was punished with death. Sadly, the word of a man counted more than the one of a woman. Yet, the …show more content…
While this women were still overlooked. Only one women served in the U.S. Senate out of 100 others. Another step taken towards women's equality was to stand against the treatment of women artist as sex objects and also using women as an excuse to not visit their studios or admire their artwork. A man once stated, "Sure her work looked terrific, but she's such a good-looking chick if I went to her studio I wouldn't know if I liked her work or her. So I never went. (Artemisia Challenges the Elders, pg.58) This shows how little men thought of women and their art work. Another aspect that women wanted to terminate was the identification of a woman artist as 'that's so-and-so's wife: I think she paints too." (Artemisia Challenges the Elders, pg. 59) Lastly, women became more persistent once it came to the display of their artwork. Although they got rejections from dealers such as "Sorry, we already have a