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Ivy Bottini: Listen to the Pioneering Lesbian s Last Known Interview I find death is a big waste of time.if you re a productive human being, why do you have to leave? Bottini asks on the
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In 1970, a group of women lead by the late Ivy Bottini ferried across the water to the Statue of Liberty with chunks of fabric hidden under their dresses. They had it folded up over their stomachs making them look as if they were pregnant.
Once they arrived, they climbed up to the statue, put the fabric together, and hung it over the railing to form a gigantic banner that read, Women Of The World Unite. They proceeded to take over the monument in celebration, singing, playing the guitar, and dancing in a kickline, until the police arrived by boat.
Pioneering Lesbian and Feminist Activist Ivy Bottini Has Died at 94 February 25 2021 3:41 PM EST
A pioneering lesbian and feminist activist who in 1970 led a group of women to the Statue of Liberty where they hung a banner that read, “Women of the World Unite,” Ivy Bottini died at her home Thursday at age 94. She died peacefully surrounded by family in Florida, where she’d moved to be close to her daughter, according to
“I am sad to report that LGBTQ and feminist icon Ivy Bottini passed away this morning. She passed peacefully at home surrounded by her daughters with her minister beside her reading the latest news in LGBTQ rights,” newly elected West Hollywood City Councilperson Sepi Shyne announced on Twitter.
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