Fuck Housework, Virtue Hathaway

(Shirley J. Boccaccio), 1971

In a 1975 journal published by the New York City-based radical feminist group the Redstockings, an artist named Shirley Boccaccio — under the pseudonym Virtue Hathaway — tells the story of what she calls “The Great Poster Rip-Off.” It concerns her memorable 1970s poster design, which depicts a woman breaking her broom with the defiant snarl of

a witch spread across her face. She stands under a banner of oppressive old English lettering while a twirl of ironic script wisps around her dress.