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Ilse Bing (1899–1998) creates monochrome images which are exhibited at the Louvre and New York's Museum of Modern Art. [49] Gerda Taro (1910–1937) is killed while covering the Spanish Civil War, becoming the first woman photojournalist to have died while working on the frontline. [50]
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An early woman amateur photographer. Kodak advertisement from 1918. The participation of women in photography goes back to the very origins of the process. Several of the earliest women photographers, most of whom were from Britain or France, were married to male pioneers or had close relationships with their families.
Judith Rodin was the first permanent female president of an Ivy League University (specifically, the University of Pennsylvania.) [220] Alice Rivlin became the first woman to serve as Director of the Office of Management and Budget; she served under President Bill Clinton. [176] 1995 Eileen Collins was the female pilot for the Space Shuttle (on ...
Vera Elkan (1908–2008), remembered for her images of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War; Phumzile Khanyile (born 1991) Constance Stuart Larrabee (1914–2000), South African's first female World War II correspondent, also known for images of South Africa; Carla Liesching (born 1985), visual artist specialising in photography
One of only two female founding members of the Royal Academy (1768). Daughter of painter George Michael Moser. Anne Forbes (1745–1834) - Scottish portrait painter, granddaughter of the portraitist William Aikman; Elizabeth Upton, Baroness Templetown (1747–1823) - noblewoman, Wedgwood's designer. Anne Seymour Damer (1748-1828) - noble, sculptor
This is a list of women artists who were born in America or whose artworks are closely associated with that country. Included are recognized American women artists, known for creating artworks that are primarily visual in nature, in traditional media such as painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, ceramics as well as in more recently developed genres, such as installation art ...
Lyda Conley (Wyandot, 1874–1946), first Native American female attorney, and first Native American woman admitted to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Wyandot Nation activist and attorney; Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, Crow Creek Sioux poet and novelist; Hilda Coriz, Kewa Pueblo potter; Cuhtahlatah, 18th-century Cherokee heroine