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Rachel, who arrived at the Women's Advocates shelter with a broken tailbone from a severe beating, comforts Donna... St. Paul, Minnesota
Donna Ferrato

Rachel, who arrived at the Women's Advocates shelter with a broken tailbone from a severe beating, comforts Donna... St. Paul, Minnesota

Date 1988
Location Saint Paul Minnesota United States
Dimensions Image: 13 x 19 1/4 in. (33 x 48.9 cm)
Paper: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Mat: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm)
Print medium Photo-Gelatin silver

Often, after experiencing traumatic events, a battered woman feels to humiliated or terrified to tell anyone what's happened to her. She thinks no one will help her. In the shelter, women discover there are many other women in a similar situation. Together they discuss their experiences and they help one another. A new solidarity develops and some of the friendships last a lifetime.

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Gift of the Photographer to the W. Eugene Smith Legacy Collection

Feedback Accession No. 544.1994