[4] Boone is best known for her street murals in the San Francisco Bay Area which focus upon activist issues and the local community.
The mural was created in 1994 by a cooperative of seven female artists, including Boone, Juana Alicia, Miranda Bergman, Susan Kelk Cervantes, Meera Desai, Yvonne Littleton, and Irene Perez.
[8] MaestraPeace is notable not only for its massive scale and the numerous famous or mythical women it depicts, but for the multicultural and anti-colonialist sentiments expressed by artists of varying backgrounds.
The piece represents "transhistorical, crosscultural and transnational connections between the African and indigenous cultures of the Americas" and its multicultural feminism suits the Women's Building's purpose and location in an ethnically diverse area.
[11][12] In the 1980s, Boone and a group of "guerrilla" muralists worked on Oakland Wall Speaks with local housing project residents.
The mural depicts images of people, places, and interactions representing the history of South Berkeley from the times of the Ohlone to the present.
[15] According to Morris, the film focuses on Edythe Boone's “illustrious career", stating “Edy has a way of inspiring people and embracing a number of causes”.