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Her relationship with her husband, Jerry Gerowitz, was reputedly a stormy one; he died in a car crash two years after they married.

Judy Gerowitz Chicago, artist, feminist, educator, founder of the Women's Art Education collective, and author of many books, including 'Through the Flower: My Struggle as a Woman Artist' (1965) and 'The Dinner Party: A Symbol of our Heritage' (1979). Her Through the Flower company is a non-profit organization dedicated to the exhibition and preservation of her participatory projects. She works in a variety of media, including such traditionally "feminine" crafts as needlework and china painting. Her best-known work, 'The Dinner Party' (1974-1978), is a sexually explicit multimedia installation executed by Chicago and other women. She was the older of two children born into a Jewish family. She took art lessons at the age of 8, and eventually studied at the University of California at Los Angeles.