History of Fear

In the wake of the industrial revolution, women began to enter the workforce. But as a 1978 historical article documents, men attacked, sexually harassed and raped women who had little recourse in the male-dominated society.

To create these illustrations, I took archival photography of women in early workplaces and using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, stylized and edited them to emphasize the fear and toxicity present in early workplaces. The text overlaid on the images is lifted directly from the source document: "Sexual Harassment at the Workplace" by Mary Bularzik.

Elizabeth Hasanovitch quoted in “Sexual Harassment at the Workplace” by Mary Bularzik