Author
Ashley McNelis
Editors
Zanna Gilbert, Kristin Juarez, Megan Sallabedra
This research guide was created in 2017 by Marissa Clifford, Anja Foerschner, Kayleigh Perkov, and John Tain. In 2023, Beatriz Garcia-Diaz significantly expanded the scope. In 2025, the Expanding the Study of Performance in Women Artists' Archives project team revised and expanded the current iteration.
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