Writer and editor Lulu Belliveau (center) is yelling slogans protesting lack of health care facilities for women with AIDS in the Chicago Cook County Hospital. Prior to this demonstration, the hospital had no provision for treating women with AIDS. A number of women from several ACT UP chapters around the USA briefly occupied the street in front of the Cook County building in Chicago, constructing a temporary "AIDS Ward" for women with mattresses, surrounded by "walls" made of sheets held by other protesters. The successful civil disobedience resulted in a policy change for the hospital.
April 23 1990 Chicago IL, national ACT-UP Demonstration Writer and editor Lulu Belliveau (center) is yelling slogans protesting lack of health care facilities for women with AIDS in the Chicago Cook County Hospital. Prior to this demonstration, the hospital had no provision for treating women with AIDS. A number of women from several ACT UP chapters around the USA briefly occupied the street in front of the Cook County building in Chicago, constructing a temporary "AIDS Ward" for women with mattresses, surrounded by "walls" made of sheets held by other protesters. The successful protest resulted in a policy change for the hospital. Several activists were arrested for civil disobedience during this demonstration. On the left, Chicago ACT UP member (currently a university professor) Debbie Gould is visible wearing glasses speaking to another protester.
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