A Day at the Museum: War's effect on women at Museum of Tolerance The show: "One Person Crying: Women and War" at the Museum of Tolerance The concept: War is often seen as the domain of men, but L.A.-based photographer Marissa Roth wants to draw attention to its devastating, often long-lasting effect on women. "Whether you are in Bosnia or Belfast or Phnom Penh," she says, "women are dealing with the aftermath: how to grieve, how to keep the family together, how to keep food on the table." What you'll see: Roth's portraits of mothers, widows, survivors and activists that were taken over 28 years and represent the social, emotional and physical effects of a dozen conflicts from World War II to the war in Iraq. "There also are lots of pictures of artifacts," she says, and of places - a river in Hiroshima, a killing field in Cambodia - "because I believe the land absorbs everything and retains the history." ... and how you'll see it: The 87 gelatin silver prints are grouped by "visual and thematic affinities," says the show's curator, Howard Spector, an L.A.-based artist and arts administrator. "Instead of dividing things into sections I wanted to give it a more universal feel," he explains. Don't miss: A 30-by-40-inch framed portrait of Afghan women and children, sitting in a refugee camp in Pakistan in 1988, is striking in its solemn beauty. "I just walked into this building and they were there," Roth says. I couldn't see the women's faces, but I could feel them connect with me. The back story: Some of the exhibition's pictures were shot while Roth was working as a freelance photojournalist for The Times from the mid-'80s to the mid-'90s. In 2002, she says, she began to pursue photographs and interviews specifically for "what I realized should be a documentary project getting the word out about these women." Her own back story: The daughter of Holocaust refugees, Roth realized that the project "would also help me make peace with my own family history." The exhibition opens with a 1984 photograph she took at the home of her grandparents, who died in a 1942 massacre in Novi Sad in what is now Serbia. Accompanying the image is a copy of the letter her grandmother was writing just before she was killed. Where the title comes from: The Bob Dylan song "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)." Suitable for kids? The museum recommends the exhibition for ages 12 and older. Study aids: Free-standing text panels provide historical context for wars included in the show and describe ways in which each war affected women. At the Museum of Tolerance through Oct. 18.