Nancy Angelo
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**Nancy Angelo** (born October 8, 1953 in [Carson City, Nevada](/wiki/Carson_City%2C_Nevada "Carson City, Nevada"), USA) is an organizational psychologist and formerly a performance and video artist who took part in the [feminist art movement](/wiki/Feminist_art_movement_in_the_United_States "Feminist art movement in the United States") in Los Angeles. As an artist, she is best known for co\-founding the collaborative [performance art](/wiki/Performance_art "Performance art") group The Feminist Art Workers in 1976 with Candace Compton, [Cheri Gaulke](/wiki/Cheri_Gaulke "Cheri Gaulke"), and Laurel Klick.

After studying photography in [Denmark](/wiki/Denmark "Denmark") and attending [San Francisco Art Institute](/wiki/San_Francisco_Art_Institute "San Francisco Art Institute"), Angelo moved to [Los Angeles](/wiki/Los_Angeles "Los Angeles") in 1975 in order to enroll in the [Feminist Studio Workshop](/wiki/Feminist_Studio_Workshop "Feminist Studio Workshop") at the [Woman’s Building](/wiki/Woman%27s_Building "Woman's Building"). She took an active part in refurbishing the old three\-story structure on North Spring Street near Chinatown that housed the Woman’s Building and making it suitable for learning and practicing art.


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