Women of the World!/May Your Voice Sound Out Even Louder for the Protection of Peace!
Artist
Semen Borisovich Raev
Soviet Union, 1932 - 2001
Printer
Plakat Moscow
Date1984
MediumOffset Lithograph
Dimensions37 3/4 x 78 1/2 in. (95.9 x 199.4 cm)
ClassificationsPoster
Credit LinePoster House Permanent Collection
Object numberPH.7787
DescriptionThroughout history, women have often taken strong antiwar positions, frequently participating in protests that fight for the preservation of human life. As a counterpoint to the efforts of the Greenham Women, this triptych shows the faces of three ethnically diverse Soviet women using their combined voices to eradicate U.S. nuclear weapons through a symbol of peace. At this time in the 1980s, the Soviet Union had more nuclear warheads than the United States. American inventory of these types of weapons peaked in the mid-1960s at just over 31,000. By the 1980s, through denuclearization efforts, this number was reduced by approximately 10,000 warheads. Meanwhile, the Soviet arsenal overtook that of the United States in 1978, reaching its apex in the mid-1980s at more than 40,000 nuclear bombs. Currently, it is estimated that Russia has approximately 5,500 warheads, while the United States has around 5,000. On View
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