Helen Maybury Roe
Irish librarian and antiquary
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Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti
Significant figure in French Dadaism who made important contributions to Paris Dada and modernism as a painter, collagist, sculptor, and draughtsperson.
Soshana Afroyim
Austrian-Jewish artist known for her Modernist work who dedicated her life to art, traveling extensively to exhibit her creations worldwide.
Tatiana Markus
When Kyiv fell under German occupation in 1941, Markus joined the underground resistance. She carried out sabotage missions, often disguised as innocent gestures, like throwing a grenade hidden as a bouquet. Using a false identity as “Marcousisse,” she worked at an officer’s dining facility, poisoning SS officers’ meals and eliminating a valuable Gestapo informant.
Tove Jansson
Finnish author, artist, and illustrator whose most famous works are the children’s novels in the Moomin series
Margaretha van Godewijk
Prominent Dutch Golden Age poet and a painter.
Lois Mailou Jones
Harlem Renaissance artist and educator
Claribel Cone
Claribel Cone significantly contributed to two distinct fields: biology and the patronage of modern French art.
Emilia Dilke
British author, art historian, feminist, and trade unionist.
Harriet Powers
American folk artist and quilter.