The first American woman to become a self-made millionaire started out with a simple wish: to earn enough money to give her only daughter the formal education she herself never received. What she did instead was prove the ability of women to succeed on their own terms. Madam C.J. Walker’s …
Edith Rockefeller McCormick helped establish Chicago’s Lyric Opera, lent support to Carl Jung, underwrote a young James Joyce and founded Brookfield Zoo. Only now is her unconventional and uncompromising story being told.
As the saying goes, when one door closes another one opens. For Anni Albers that open door led to her life as a textile designer. Annelise Fleischmann was born in Germany in 1899. She took painting lessons when she was young and hoped to become a painter. Discouraged by a …
Her image of a Depression era migrant mother is one of the most iconic photos in American history and arguably Dorothea Lange’s most famous photograph. What’s lesser known is the story behind the image (more on that later) and all the ways in which Lange made her mark on America. …
JoEllen Kerwin is a painter and skilled miniaturist whose work serves both artistic and historicalpurposes. Each of her structures creates a sense of place for those who visit her tiny worlds. Read more about JoEllen’s fascinating creations in the HOME issue of our magazine.
Ruth Asawa, best known for her airy, intricate, woven-wire sculptures, is having a moment. The United States Post Office has released a series of commemorative stamps. Her works have sold for record prices at auction. There have been retrospective exhibitions, gallery representation, international acclaim, and even a Google doodle in …
Yayoi Kusama, sometimes called the Princess of Polka Dots, is the most successful living female artist in the world. At age 91, worldwide exhibitions of her brightly colored paintings and happily dotted sculptures regularly sell out. She works nearly every day at her studio, located two blocks away from the …
The League of Women Voters celebrates its centennial this year. As a child of a League member, I was drafted into its service early on.
Same-day registration. Mail-in voting. Voter fraud. Foreign interference. These are the words we’re hearing as the November election approaches. As we take time to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women’s voting rights this week, it’s important to acknowledge women who today are working to ensure elections remain free and fair. …
