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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

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.

Ann Charlotte Bartholomew

English author and flower and miniature painter

Aileen Crow Bird

Aileen worked as a cultural demonstrator at Pipestone National Monument for 18 years, from 1973 to 1991. She enjoyed talking to the visitors and explaining how the pipestone is carved.