Newspaper Newspaper

"'Snuff' Protest Ends with Guilty Pleas"

Item ID: 75
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2026/05/01
rwavaw_335.jpg
Properties
Title
"'Snuff' Protest Ends with Guilty Pleas"
Author
Janis Marston
Location
Monroe County Hall of Justice
Monroe County Hall of Justice
Location Item
People
Marg Hall
Marg Hall
Person Item

Marg Hall lived in Rochester until 1987, where, at the age of 40, she moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. She attended Catholic schools and spent 8 y...

Sylvia Gasoi
Person Item
Publication Date
October 3rd, 1978
Published By
Times Union
Description
Newspaper article written approximately 1 year after the arrest of the four R-WAVAW members who broke into the Holiday Cine Theater to tear down a SNUFF film poster. The article explains that 3 of the 4 women have plead guilty to a lesser charge that will be sentenced the following day.
Name of Collection
Rochester Women Against Violence Against Women Archive
Folder Number
3
Folder Name
"Protests and Demonstrations"
Approximate Date of Materials in Folder
1979, 1980, 1982
General Description of Folder Contents
Finished and draft RWAVAW flyers for events and consciousness-raising; public statements and fact sheets for rape trial; press releases, newspaper clippings, and information about boycott events. RWAVAW events: self-defense class, "Primal Fear" film screening. speakout, Take Back the Night march, March in Times Square. Photograph from protest
Archived At
Visual Studies Workshop
Media
rwavaw_335.jpg
rwavaw_335.jpg
Metadata Information
Created
2026年5月1日 18:38
Last Modified
2026年5月11日 15:28
(Updated 9 days after creation)
Item ID
#75
Resource Class
Newspaper
Resource Template
Newspaper