Grace Paley (December 11, 1922 – August 22, 2007) was an American short story writer, poet and political activist, whose work won a number of awards. Paley wrote the "Unity Statement" for the action. Diana Mara Henry photographed her at the preliminary huddles for the Women's Pentagon Action, 1980. Outside the Pentagon the next day, planting "tombstones" for American women activists who had been destroyed by the establishment, Grace Paley told Diana Mara Henry in no uncertain terms that she was not to be photographed. Hence, only one photograph of Grace Paley.This photo is published in Marianne Hirsch's article for PMLA, October 2009:

"What we need right now is to imagine the real. Grace Paley Writing Against War."

Also in PMLA, 10/09. See more photographs of the Women's Pentagon Action on our website, here.