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==Assassination Attempt on Warhol's Life==

Solanas later moved to New York City in the mid-1960s, and worked as a writer. It is there that she met the well-known artist Andy Warhol. She ~~commisioned~~ Warhol into producing her play entitled Up Your Ass, and grew incredibly angry at the indifference that Warhol gave for her play. She later demanded financial compensation for her abandoned play, and Warhol gave her a role in his 1967 film I, a Man, and paid her $25 for her trouble.

Solanas later moved to New York City in the mid-1960s, and worked as a writer. It is there that she met the well-known artist Andy Warhol. She commissioned Warhol into producing her play entitled ''Up Your Ass'', and grew incredibly angry at the indifference that Warhol gave for her play. She later demanded financial compensation for her abandoned play, and Warhol gave her a role in his 1967 film ''I, a Man'', and paid her $25 for her trouble.

In 1967, Maurice Girodias of the Olympia Press, offered to publish Solanas' writings. Valerie, knowing that her writings would be owned by Girodias if she were to sign the contract with him, purchased a gun in the spring of 1968, and later hunted for Girodias, who was away from home at the time. She later found Warhol at the Factory, and she then proceeded to shoot him three times. She also shot Mario Amaya, an art critic, and attempted to shoot Warhol's assistant as well. She later turned herself over to the police and was found guilty of attempted murder, assault, and the illegal possession of a gun. She served a three-year prison sentence, and she also spent some ~~tme~~ at a pyschiatric hospital.

In 1967, Maurice Girodias of the Olympia Press, offered to publish Solanas' writings. Valerie, knowing that her writings would be owned by Girodias if she were to sign the contract with him, purchased a gun in the spring of 1968, and later hunted for Girodias, who was away from home at the time. She later found Warhol at the Factory, and she then proceeded to shoot him three times. She also shot Mario Amaya, an art critic, and attempted to shoot Warhol's assistant as well. She later turned herself over to the police and was found guilty of attempted murder, assault, and the illegal possession of a gun. She served a three-year prison sentence, and she also spent some time at a pyschiatric hospital.

When she was released from prison after serving those three-years, she continued to promote her radical feminist book, and ultimately died of pneumonia in 1968.

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 ==Assassination Attempt on Warhol's Life==
-Solanas later moved to New York City in the mid-1960s, and worked as a writer. It is there that she met the well-known artist Andy Warhol. She commisioned Warhol into producing her play entitled Up Your Ass, and grew incredibly angry at the indifference that Warhol gave for her play. She later demanded financial compensation for her abandoned play, and Warhol gave her a role in his 1967 film I, a Man, and paid her $25 for her trouble.
+Solanas later moved to New York City in the mid-1960s, and worked as a writer. It is there that she met the well-known artist Andy Warhol. She commissioned Warhol into producing her play entitled ''Up Your Ass'', and grew incredibly angry at the indifference that Warhol gave for her play. She later demanded financial compensation for her abandoned play, and Warhol gave her a role in his 1967 film ''I, a Man'', and paid her $25 for her trouble.
-In 1967, Maurice Girodias of the Olympia Press, offered to publish Solanas' writings. Valerie, knowing that her writings would be owned by Girodias if she were to sign the contract with him, purchased a gun in the spring of 1968, and later hunted for Girodias, who was away from home at the time. She later found Warhol at the Factory, and she then proceeded to shoot him three times. She also shot Mario Amaya, an art critic, and attempted to shoot Warhol's assistant as well. She later turned herself over to the police and was found guilty of attempted murder, assault, and the illegal possession of a gun. She served a three-year prison sentence, and she also spent some tme at a pyschiatric hospital.
+In 1967, Maurice Girodias of the Olympia Press, offered to publish Solanas' writings. Valerie, knowing that her writings would be owned by Girodias if she were to sign the contract with him, purchased a gun in the spring of 1968, and later hunted for Girodias, who was away from home at the time. She later found Warhol at the Factory, and she then proceeded to shoot him three times. She also shot Mario Amaya, an art critic, and attempted to shoot Warhol's assistant as well. She later turned herself over to the police and was found guilty of attempted murder, assault, and the illegal possession of a gun. She served a three-year prison sentence, and she also spent some time at a pyschiatric hospital.
 When she was released from prison after serving those three-years, she continued to promote her radical feminist book, and ultimately died of pneumonia in 1968.