Women Making History in Portland

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| caption = The mural seen from the intersection of N. Interstate and N. Russell, 2016

| artist = Robin Corbo

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| year = {{start date|2007}}

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| material = Acrylic paint

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| city = Portland, Oregon, United States

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| owner = City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council

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Women Making History in Portland, sometimes abbreviated as Women Making History,{{cite web|url=http://www.portlandmercury.com/events/3765955/robin-corbo-the-singing-squid-procession|title=Robin Corbo: The Singing Squid Procession|work=The Portland Mercury|publisher=Index Publishing|access-date=March 20, 2016|archive-date=April 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402112642/http://www.portlandmercury.com/events/3765955/robin-corbo-the-singing-squid-procession|url-status=live}} is a 2007 mural by Robin Corbo, located in north Portland, Oregon, in the United States.

Description and history

Robin Corbo's Women Making History in Portland (2007) is located at 2335 North Clark Avenue, near the intersection of North Larrabee Avenue and North Harding Avenue, in Portland's Eliot neighborhood. The {{Convert|18|ft|m|adj=on}} x {{Convert|60|ft|m|adj=on}}, or {{convert|1080|sqft|adj=on}},{{cite web|url=https://racc.org/public-art/search/?recid=2785.125|title=Public Art Search|publisher=Regional Arts & Culture Council|access-date=March 20, 2016|archive-date=April 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404151905/https://racc.org/public-art/search/?recid=2785.125|url-status=live}} acrylic painting depicts and honors women who have influenced the city,{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/anna_griffin/index.ssf/2009/08/mike_program_mural_in_ne_portl.html|title=MIKE Program mural in Northeast Portland a memorial with a message|work=The Oregonian|date=August 28, 2009|access-date=March 20, 2016|first=Anna|last=Griffin|archive-date=April 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402110144/http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/anna_griffin/index.ssf/2009/08/mike_program_mural_in_ne_portl.html|url-status=live}} surround by a border with black birds. It has been called an "ode to feminism".{{cite web|url=http://psuvanguard.com/the-marvelous-muralist/|title=The marvelous muralist|work=Daily Vanguard|publisher=Portland State University|date=December 1, 2011|access-date=March 20, 2016|first=Derek|last=Donovan|archive-date=March 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331193927/http://psuvanguard.com/the-marvelous-muralist/|url-status=live}}

In Other Words Women's Books and Resources organized the mural, which was "made to promote the mission of empowering women through art and education".{{cite web|url=https://publicartarchive.org/art/Women-Making-History-in-Portland/193080f5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330085441/http://www.publicartarchive.org/work/women-making-history-portland|url-status=live|archive-date=March 30, 2016|title=Women Making History in Portland|publisher=Public Art Archive|access-date=March 20, 2016}} It was funded by the Public Art Murals Program and private donors, and is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council.{{cite web|url=http://culturenow.org/entry&permalink=06608|title=Women Making History in Portland, 2007|publisher=cultureNOW|access-date=March 20, 2016|archive-date=April 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401074424/http://culturenow.org/entry%26permalink%3D06608|url-status=live}}

In March 2008, the Janovec Gallery in the Brooklyn neighborhood displayed reproductions of the mural in their month-long exhibition about Portland's "artistic 'remarkable women{{'"}}. Some of the artists who worked on the mural attended the exhibition's reception.{{cite web|url=http://portlandtribune.com/component/content/article?id=64014|work=Portland Tribune|title='First Friday' event salutes 'remarkable women'|access-date=March 20, 2016|date=March 4, 2008|publisher=Pamplin Media Group|archive-date=April 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401092628/http://portlandtribune.com/component/content/article?id=64014|url-status=dead}}

The mural was vandalized in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wweek.com/arts/visual-arts/2017/09/18/a-mural-depicting-groundbreaking-women-in-portland-history-has-been-defaced/|title=A Mural Depicting Groundbreaking Women in Portland History Has Been Defaced|date=19 September 2017 |access-date=2021-12-13|archive-date=2021-04-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429125352/https://www.wweek.com/arts/visual-arts/2017/09/18/a-mural-depicting-groundbreaking-women-in-portland-history-has-been-defaced/|url-status=live}}