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    Sojourner Truth, the only Black woman invited to The Dinner Party
    Beyond the Canvas
    • Jul 9, 2020
    • 2 min

    Sojourner Truth, the only Black woman invited to The Dinner Party

    Rivers of ink, including a tiny bit of mine, have been written about Judy Chicago's seminal installation The Dinner Party. But it only recently occurred to me (duh) that for a project whose primary objective was the celebration of women's contribution to history, this is an extraordinarily non-inclusive piece. In fact, of the 39 place settings only one is dedicated to a non-white woman, African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist Sojourner Truth. The debate is a
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