Esther Bubley
Photographer Esther Bubley found ample subject matter to explore on the American homefront as the nation mobilized for war during WWII.
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Toni Frissell
Remembered today principally for her high-fashion photography for Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, Toni Frissell volunteered her photographic services to the American Red Cross, Women’s Army Corps, and Eighth Army Air Force during WWII. On their behalf, she produced thousands of images of nurses, front-line soldiers, WACs, African-American airmen, and orphaned children.
Mitsu Yashima
Japanese-American artist, children’s book author, and civic activist who worked with the OSS (predecessor to the CIA)
Jeanne Taylor
Graphic designer who worked for the OSS, the precursor to the CIA
Ada Florence Kinton
Canadian artist, teacher, Salvation Army officer, and newspaper edito
Agnes Mongan
First woman museum curator at Harvard University’s Fogg Art Museum
Mickalene Thomas
New York-based artist Mickalene Thomas is best known for her elaborate paintings composed of rhinestones, acrylic and enamel. Thomas introduces a complex vision of what it means to be a woman and expands common definitions of beauty.
Henrietta Dering
French-Irish portrait painter
Anna Brownell Jameson
Irish-English writer, feminist, and art historian
Marie Severin
Legendary artist Marie Severin began working as a colorist for EC (Entertaining Comics) in the 1950’s and continued in the industry through the 2000’s.