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
LGBTQ&A podcast. March 02 2021 11:47 AM EST
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.