Poetic Obituaries: Arlene Raven, an art historian, critic

and educator who helped transform feminist outrage into the Woman's Building, an iconoclastic Los Angeles institution that for 18 years was a magnet for women seeking to produce art on their own terms, died of cancer Aug. 1 at her home in Brooklyn, N.Y.

from The Los Angeles Times: Arlene Raven, 62; Established L.A. Center to Support Female Artists

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