Documents Concerning The Arrest Of Shirtless Women In Rochester, NY,1989-1992.
Collection Number: 7756
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
Title:
Documents concerning the arrest of
shirtless women in Rochester, NY, 1989-1992.
Collection Number:
7756
Quantity:
1 folder.
Forms of Material:
Legal documents
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library
Abstract:
Seven legal documents regarding the defense of ten women in Rochester, NY arrested in
1989 for not wearing shirts in public.
Language:
Collection material in English
On June 24, 1989, ten women picnicking at Durand Eastman Beach, a public park within
the City of Rochester, NY, were arrested for violation of Section 245.01 of the New
York State Penal Law which threatens women, but not men, with criminal sanctions for
revealing their breasts below the top of the areola in a public space. The women
asserted their rights to topfree equality.
Seven legal documents regarding the defense of ten women in Rochester, NY arrested in
1989 for not wearing shirts in public.
Subjects:
Indecent exposure--New York State.
Nudity--Law and legislation--New York State.
Sex discrimination--New York State.
Form and Genre Terms:
Legal documents.
Cite As:
Documents concerning the arrest of shirtless women in Rochester, NY, #7756.
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Collecting program: Human Sexuality Collection.