• Although considered “ephemera,” postcards are actual physical objects that people collect and continue to post. As such, they endure.
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Prof. Jean Robinson describes the enduring qualities of Helaine Victoria Press postcards

From Women Making History: The Revolutionary Feminist Postcard Art of Helaine Victoria Press by Julia M. Allen and Jocelyn H. Cohen

  • Prof. Jean C. Robinson was on the faculty of Indiana University in the Department of Political Science. She directed the Women’s Studies Program and went on to serve in a number of administrative positions within the University. She co-edited the Women in Social Protest series with Prof. Ellen Dwyer and Jocelyn Cohen. Jocelyn Cohen interviewed Jean Robinson in Bloomington on August 1, 2016. This segment is taken from that interview.
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