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Freda Leinwand 1932 - 2012

Freda Leinwand was born in 1932, and died at age 79 years old on June 27, 2012. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Freda Leinwand.

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    Obituary LEINWAND--Freda, (1932-2012), photographer, passed away peacefully June 27, surrounded by her family. Ms. Leinwand is well known for a lifetime of dedication to recording the Women's Movement through photography, and in particularly for chronicling the Women's Literary Salon. She is also known for photographs of women working in non-traditional jobs, and of children and adults with disabilities. Ms. Leinwand exhibited in New York and Canada, and received notable reviews from the New York Times, Popular Photography, the Village Voice, and Artspeak. Her work is in the Schlesinger Library collection at Radcliffe College, the permanent collection of the Women's Rights National Historical Park, and the Library of Congress. Ms. Leinwand lectured at Columbia University, Marymount Manhattan College, and Apeiron Workshops. She was awarded a Veteran Feminists of America Medal of Honor and in 2002 received the Susan B. Anthony Award from the National Organization for Women. A petite creative dynamo, Freda is survived by four devoted siblings and six nieces and nephews.
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    Freda Leinwand (1932-2012) was a photographer known for her work documenting the women's movement, women working in non-traditional jobs, and children and adults with disabilities. Leinwand’s career and interest in photography began in the early 1960s, during the course of her work as a dialogue and a film editor for 20th Century Fox and MGM Telestudios, respectively. She pursued educational opportunities at Columbia University and the New School, studying photography with Ralph Hattersley, Joseph Breitenbac, and Marion Palfi. Her studies were worthwhile, as Leinwand’s images are not only useful as documentation and evocative of the women’s movement, but also simply stunning. In addition to the nearly 36,000 photographic images in Leinwand's collection at the Schlesinger Library, the collection contains diaries, notebooks, and the records of a documentary textbook project. THE PROJECT Among the treasures in the Schlesinger Library are photograph collections that document the women’s liberation movement of the late 1960s and 1970s: images by Bettye Lane and Freda Leinwand, both of whom spent years capturing the moments, both big and small, that made up one of the most transformative times in U.S. history. While the Schlesinger began collecting these photographs in 1979, their families, upon the death of the photographers, donated the bulk of their collections just recently. In 2014, the Schlesinger Library was awarded a Hidden Collections grant by the Harvard Library. The grant allowed us to select, catalog and digitize images that depict the women's movement, approximately 4,000 of the total 40,000 images, including prints, negatives and slides, in the two collections. Both collections came with donor-supplied metadata that we repurposed and transcribed to create the catalog records. This website acts as a curated view into these wonderful images.
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    Catharine Stimpson, Barbara Deming, Adrienne Rich, and Gloria Orenstein at The Woman's Salon, May 8, 1976. Copyright: Estate of Freda Leinwand. Last December, the Schlesinger Library’s archivist for audiovisual and photograph collections traveled to Manhattan to visit the former studio of the photographer Freda Leinwand, who passed away in June 2012. The Schlesinger first acquired works by Leinwand in 1980 and enjoyed an ongoing relationship with her over the subsequent decades. Leinwand’s siblings and her niece Kim Erle, recognizing Leinwand’s strong ties to the library, generously donated her photographs and papers to the Schlesinger. The archivist was part of a crew of people who packed up the thousands of prints, slides, negatives, and papers documenting a decades-long career. Leinwand was one of the original inhabitants of Westbeth Artist Housing, one of the first industrial buildings repurposed to house artist studios in the country. Formerly the site of Bell Laboratories, the 13 renovated buildings that make up the complex opened as live-work space in 1970. Sadly, the studios suffered incredible damage during Hurricane Sandy. The sense of community that was surely felt when Leinwand first moved into Westbeth could still be felt as people rallied around their neighbors and the artwork that was damaged during the storm. Among the treasures of the newly acquired Freda Leinwand Photograph Collection that document the women’s movement are images of the Woman’s Salon from 1976 to 1978. The New York salons, many of which were held at Westbeth, provided an opportunity for women writers to share their work with a supportive, all-female audience. Women's rights demonstration and march, August 26, 1970. Copyright: Estate of Freda Leinwand By photographing these events, Leinwand’s images have created a rare visual document and lasting legacy of their importance. Leinwand’s career and interest in photography began in the early 1960s, during the course of her work as a dialogue and a film editor for 20th Century Fox and MGM Telestudios, respectively. She pursued educational opportunities at Columbia University and the New School, studying photography with Ralph Hattersley, Joseph Breitenbac, and Marion Palfi. Her studies were worthwhile, as Leinwand’s images are not only useful as documentation and evocative of the women’s movement, but also simply stunning. Anti-woman's rights demonstrator, August 26, 1970. Copyright: Estate of Freda Leinwand In addition to the nearly 36,000 photographic images, the collection contains diaries, notebooks, and the records of a documentary textbook project. Visit VIA for a sampling of images from the Freda Leinwand Photograph Collection. For more information on the literary salons, see the Women’s Literary Salons Archive.
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