Betsy Damon, Body Masks, 1976. Archival print ©Betsy Damon 1976/2021. Courtesy of the artist and Monika Fabijanska Contemporary Art Projects

Betsy Damon, 7,000 Year Old Woman, performance at Cayman Gallery, New York, March 21, 1977. Archival print ©Betsy Damon 1977/2021. Courtesy of the artist & Monika Fabijanska Contemporary Art Projects

Betsy Damon, 7,000 Year Old Woman, performance on Prince Street, New York, May 21, 1977. Archival print ©Betsy Damon 1977/2021. Courtesy of the artist & Monika Fabijanska Contemporary Art Projects

Betsy Damon, 7,000 Year Old Woman, performance on Prince Street, New York, May 21, 1977. Archival Print ©Betsy Damon 1977/2021. Courtesy of the artist & Monika Fabijanska Contemporary Art Projects

Betsy Damon, Blind Beggarwoman, performance in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, June 15, 1979. Archival Print ©Betsy Damon 1979/2021. Courtesy of the artist

Betsy Damon, Blind Beggarwoman, performance in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, June 15, 1979. Archival Print ©Betsy Damon 1979/2021. Courtesy of the artist

Betsy Damon, Blind Beggarwoman, performance on Wall Street, New York, October 18, 1979. Archival Print ©Betsy Damon 1979/2021. Courtesy of the artist & Monika Fabijanska Contemporary Art Projects

Betsy Damon, Blind Beggarwoman, performance on Wall Street, New York, October 18, 1979. Archival print ©Betsy Damon 1979/2021. Courtesy of the artist & Monika Fabijanska Contemporary Art Projects

Betsy Damon, Blind Beggarwoman, performance on Wall Street, New York, October 18, 1979. Archival print ©Betsy Damon 1979/2021. Courtesy of the artist & Monika Fabijanska Contemporary Art Projects

Betsy Damon, Blind Beggarwoman, performance on Wall Street, New York, October 18, 1979. Archival print ©Betsy Damon 1979/2021. Courtesy of the artist & Monika Fabijanska Contemporary Art Projects

Betsy Damon, Blind Beggarwoman, performance on Wall Street, New York, October 18, 1979. Archival print ©Betsy Damon 1979/2021. Courtesy of the artist & Monika Fabijanska Contemporary Art Projects

Betsy Damon, What Do You Think About Knives?, performance at the University of Rhode Island Student Union, Kingston, RI, April 28, 1980. Archival Print ©Betsy Damon 1980/2021. Courtesy of the artist

Betsy Damon, What Do You Think About Knives?, performance at The Great American Lesbian Art Show, Woman's Building, Los Angeles, May 3, 1980. Archival Print ©Betsy Damon 1980/2021. Courtesy the artist

Betsy Damon, A Shrine for Everywoman, performance at the United Nations World Conference on Women, Nairobi, 1985. Archival Print ©Betsy Damon 1985/2021. Courtesy of the artist

Betsy Damon, Meditation with Stones for the Survival of the Planet, performance in front of American Museum of Natural History New York, 1983. Archival Print ©Betsy Damon 1983/2021 Courtesy the artist

Betsy Damon, Meditation with Stones for the Survival of the Planet, performance on West Broadway, New York, 1984. AP ©Betsy Damon 1984/2021. Courtesy of the artist

Betsy Damon, Listen, Respect, Revere, performance at Brecht Forum, New York, 1986. Archival print ©Betsy Damon 1986/2021. Courtesy of the artist & Monika Fabijanska Contemporary Art Projects

Betsy Damon, Listen, Respect, Revere, performance at Brecht Forum, New York, 1986. Archival Print ©Betsy Damon 1986/2021. Courtesy of the artist & Monika Fabijanska Contemporary Art Projects