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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...
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- 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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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- 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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Alexis
- Feb 28, 2018
- 1 min
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- 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...
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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...
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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...
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