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The decision to remove Bernstein's piece from the show was made by John Pierron, Executive Director of the Civic Center of Philadelphia, and Marian Aguilera, the Civic Center Museum Curator. Several groups in New York City organized petitions and sent letters, including A.LR. Gallery

These letters were sent after obtaining data from institutions in 1967, the year of the executive order barring discrimination on the basis of sex. Each letter included the individual institutions current faculty information and asked for responses and information regarding hiring practices and future faculty position openings.

These letters were addressed to the Head of the Art Department, with W.E.B. informing of their intent to organize and put pressure on schools to change their policies by means of social pressure, picketing, filing formal complaints, etc. The letters also suggest a 7 point program for rectifying discriminatory policies.

The draft of this "open letter to women art students," discusses sexism in art education and ca11s on students to join W.E.B. in organizing against discriminatory policies both within and outside of educational institutions.

Including a one page article by Joyce Weinstein, and a list of demands W.A.R. sent to the M.O.M.A., New York, in December 1969

This demonstration was held in front of the M.O.M.A. along with the presentation of a proposal to the city's six major museums for "a massive, simultaneous showing of women artists, to be called Women Choose Women.

This exhibition was the result of the W.I.A. demonstration in New York City, April 12, 1972.