Women in Struggle was made by the NeedleArts Society of California for International Women’s Day in March 1983. This was one of three quilts made by the group between 1965 and 1983. Gen Guracar spearheaded the group’s efforts to make quilts that called attention to current day social and political issues from a feminist perspective. The quilts’ messages express the solidarity of American women with women around the world and of diverse backgrounds