Carol M Highsmith
American photographer
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Emme Gerhard
When the Gerhard sisters opened their own photographic studio in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1903, newspapers and magazines rarely hired women as staff photographers to capture late breaking news. But photographs by Emme and Mayme Gerhard appeared frequently in local and national media.
Mayme Gerhard
When the Gerhard sisters opened their own photographic studio in St. Louis, Missouri in 1903, newspapers and magazines rarely hired women as staff photographers to capture late breaking news. But photographs by Emme and Mayme Gerhard appeared frequently in local and national media.
Jessie Tarbox Beals
America’s first female news photographer; The Buffalo Inquirer and The Courier hired her as a staff photographer in 1902.
Sallie R Wagner
Sallie R. Wagner was a photographer, author, weaver, and a benefactor and patron of dancer-choreographer Erick Hawkins and his dance company.
Gene Ritchie Monahan
Gene Ritchie Monahan was a northern Minnesotan portrait and landscape artist.
Henrietta Barclay Paist
Multi-talented artist, designer, teacher, and author Henrietta Barclay Paist is perhaps best known for her china painting, a popular turn-of-the-century pastime.
Annetta Johnson Saint-Gaudens
Annetta Johnson Saint-Gaudens (1869-1943) was a sculptor, activist, and member of the Cornish Art Colony.
Gyo Fujikawa
Gyo Fujikawa (1908–98) was a prolific author, illustrator and designer of children’s books.
Ruth Asawa
Ruth Aiko Asawa (1926–2013) was a renowned sculptor, painter, and printmaker acclaimed for her biomorphic wire forms and public art installations as well as her activism in public art education.