Right Out of History: The Making of Judy Chicago's Dinner Party

The documentary Right Out of History: The Making of Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party follows the creation of Chicago’s multi-media exhibit that centers the influence of women throughout the ages. First displayed in 1979, Chicago’s artistic tribute to women of achievement consists chiefly of painted ceramics and needlework. Among The Dinner Party’s conceptual attendees are Sacajawea, Sojourner Truth, Elanor of Aquitaine, Empress Theodora of Byzantium, Virginia Woolf, Susan B. Anthony and Georgia O’Keeffe. Of particular interest to Geneva residents, one of Chicago’s legendary women is Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to earn a medical degree (1849), which was conferred upon her by Geneva Medical College. Critically panned when it was first exhibited, The Dinner Party has since been recognized as a monumental work and has been on permanent display in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum since 2007.