Born in rural Pennsylvania at the turn of the Twentieth Century, Margaret McFarland was the youngest of three children. Her father's...

Elenore Abbott was an American literary illustrator and landscape painter. She studied at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women,...

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...

Bertha was born in France to a wealthy family of great artistic abilities. Her father was a skilled architect and her mother hailed from...

Bridget Riley is considered one of the founders and leaders in the genre of Optical Illusion art, otherwise known as, “Op Art.” Born into...

Georgia O’Keeffe is best known for her oversized paintings of flowers, animal skulls, and colorful desert landscapes. The natural world...

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...

She was born Jeanne Antoinette Poisson but is most recognizable by the name given her by King Louis XV; Madame de Pompadour. Groomed...

The Industrial Revolution brought significant cultural, geographical, and technological change to the United States in the latter half of...

Louise Lemaire Chéruit 1866 Paris - 1955 photo courtesy of alchtron.com Louise Lemaire Chéruit was born in Paris to a seamstress mother,...

At 38 years old, Louise Pommery, born Jeanne Alexandrine Louise Melin Pommery, became pregnant with her second child. That this news...

Tamara de Lempicka is considered the most famous female painter of the Art Deco Movement. Her style embodied the luxury and...

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...

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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Selma Burke Dec. 31, 1900 - 1995 While Monet, Degas, and Matisse, among others, created an artistic revolution abroad, at the turn of the...

In 1942, the United States joined forces with its European Allies, leaving the country devoid of millions of young men young. In their...

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