Alexis George

  • Home

  • Contact

  • More

    Use tab to navigate through the menu items.
    • Twitter
    • Pinterest
    • Instagram
    • All Posts
    • Blogging Tips
    • Getting Started
    • Your Community
    Search
    Dr. Margaret McFarland - The Woman Behind Mr. Roger's Neighborhood.
    Alexis
    • Jan 30, 2020
    • 2 min

    Dr. Margaret McFarland - The Woman Behind Mr. Roger's Neighborhood.

    Born in rural Pennsylvania at the turn of the Twentieth Century, Margaret McFarland was the youngest of three children. Her father's...
    2 views0 comments
    Elenore Abbott - American Illustrator
    Alexis
    • Dec 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Elenore Abbott - American Illustrator

    Elenore Abbott was an American literary illustrator and landscape painter. She studied at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women,...
    7 views0 comments
    Harriet Quimby - 1st Licensed Female Pilot in the U.S.
    Alexis
    • Nov 27, 2019
    • 3 min

    Harriet Quimby - 1st Licensed Female Pilot in the U.S.

    T The morning of April 16, 1912, was damp and chilly. The sky overcast and tinged with fog. For days, it had set Harriet Quimby back from...
    1 view0 comments
    Berthe Morisot- la Grand Dame of Impressionist Art
    Alexis
    • Jun 6, 2019
    • 2 min

    Berthe Morisot- la Grand Dame of Impressionist Art

    Bertha was born in France to a wealthy family of great artistic abilities. Her father was a skilled architect and her mother hailed from...
    1 view0 comments
    Bridget Riley - "Op" Artist
    Alexis
    • May 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Bridget Riley - "Op" Artist

    Bridget Riley is considered one of the founders and leaders in the genre of Optical Illusion art, otherwise known as, “Op Art.” Born into...
    5 views0 comments
    Georgia O'Keeffe
    Alexis
    • Apr 11, 2019
    • 2 min

    Georgia O'Keeffe

    Georgia O’Keeffe is best known for her oversized paintings of flowers, animal skulls, and colorful desert landscapes. The natural world...
    0 views0 comments
    Maya Lin - Artist, Sculptor, Designer
    Alexis
    • Mar 26, 2019
    • 2 min

    Maya Lin - Artist, Sculptor, Designer

    Maya Lin was born in Ohio to a family immersed in the arts. Her father, was a ceramic artist, and dean of the Ohio University College of...
    0 views0 comments
    Madame de Pompadour - Artist, Mistress, Trend Setter
    Alexis
    • Jan 14, 2019
    • 2 min

    Madame de Pompadour - Artist, Mistress, Trend Setter

    She was born Jeanne Antoinette Poisson but is most recognizable by the name given her by King Louis XV; Madame de Pompadour. Groomed...
    2 views0 comments
    Caroline Weldon - Sitting Bull Artist / Sioux Advocate
    Alexis
    • Nov 29, 2018
    • 4 min

    Caroline Weldon - Sitting Bull Artist / Sioux Advocate

    The Industrial Revolution brought significant cultural, geographical, and technological change to the United States in the latter half of...
    2 views0 comments
    Louise Lemaire Chéruit - First Lady of Fashion
    Alexis
    • Oct 29, 2018
    • 3 min

    Louise Lemaire Chéruit - First Lady of Fashion

    Louise Lemaire Chéruit 1866 Paris - 1955 photo courtesy of alchtron.com Louise Lemaire Chéruit was born in Paris to a seamstress mother,...
    16 views0 comments
    Louise Pommery - La Grande Dame of Champagne
    Alexis
    • Jul 25, 2018
    • 2 min

    Louise Pommery - La Grande Dame of Champagne

    At 38 years old, Louise Pommery, born Jeanne Alexandrine Louise Melin Pommery, became pregnant with her second child. That this news...
    4 views0 comments
    Tamara de Lempicka - Baroness with a Brush
    Alexis
    • May 26, 2018
    • 2 min

    Tamara de Lempicka - Baroness with a Brush

    Tamara de Lempicka is considered the most famous female painter of the Art Deco Movement. Her style embodied the luxury and...
    0 views0 comments
    Bertha Parker Pallen Cody - First Native Female Native American Archaeologist
    Alexis
    • Apr 30, 2018
    • 3 min

    Bertha Parker Pallen Cody - First Native Female Native American Archaeologist

    Bertha Parker Pallen Thurston Cody August 30, 1907 (New York) - October 8, 1978 ( Los Angeles) For a woman to be born in a tent at the...
    1 view0 comments
    Maya Lin - Structural Art Designer
    Alexis
    • Mar 30, 2018
    • 1 min

    Maya Lin - Structural Art Designer

    Maya Lin 1959 - Present The Vietnam War had ended only seven years before Maya Lin, a student of architecture at Yale University, entered...
    3 views0 comments
    Alexis
    • Feb 28, 2018
    • 1 min

    History's Heroines Archives

    Please click here to view past posts
    2 views0 comments
    Selma Burke - Harlem Renaissance Sculptor
    Alexis
    • Feb 28, 2018
    • 2 min

    Selma Burke - Harlem Renaissance Sculptor

    Selma Burke Dec. 31, 1900 - 1995 While Monet, Degas, and Matisse, among others, created an artistic revolution abroad, at the turn of the...
    4 views0 comments
    Naomi Parker Fraley - The Real Rosie the Riveter
    Alexis
    • Jan 27, 2018
    • 3 min

    Naomi Parker Fraley - The Real Rosie the Riveter

    In 1942, the United States joined forces with its European Allies, leaving the country devoid of millions of young men young. In their...
    4 views0 comments
    Alexis
    • Jan 25, 2018
    • 1 min

    History's Heroines

    History's Heroines seeks out the Wild, Courageous, and Rebellious women whose stories have been buried by the passage of time. Here you...
    2 views0 comments

    Contact

    Admin