Alice Yick
The first Chinese American woman to work at the Charlestown Navy Yard and an advocate for military veterans.
The first Chinese American woman to work at the Charlestown Navy Yard and an advocate for military veterans.
Aboriginal Australian photography and video artist
1910s British amateur filmmaker
A creative and resourceful self-taught artist, Nellie Mae Rowe gained national recognition for her work during the last decade of her life.
Lisa Bellear’s work as an artist, poet, photographer, broadcaster, activist and academic continues to inspire change and educate.
An artist accomplished in several media, Emma Amos explored difficult issues concerning politics, gender, race, and cultural history in her work. Her highly expressive visual art combined printmaking, painting, and textiles with photography and collage. She was also known as a teacher, curator, writer, and activist.
Beverly Buchanan found her calling as an artist after pursuing a career in health education and realizing that she wanted to express the images, stories, and architecture of her African American childhood.
Photographer who has been documenting Newark’s Central Ward for many years.
1800s British archaeologist
Alice Austen was a photographer who documented the lively activities of her queer female social circle at the turn of the century in New York City.