Arlene Raven
Feminist, pioneer art activist for lesbian artists.
Feminist, pioneer art activist for lesbian artists.
Spanish professor, historian, and academic who concentrated in research regarding Mudejar art, ceramics, and the city of Toledo at large (La Virgen del Prado y la cerámica de Talavera de la Reina, La loza dorada).
Russian scholar of Russian and Byzantine art
At a time when American filmmaking fell into the category of either classical Hollywood or realist documentary, Maya Deren conceived of a third, poetic, alternative.
The first female scholar to translate Homer’s Odyssey into English in 2017.
Dr. Daphne Hobson participated in the development of the first draft of an Architects’ Registration Bill (c. 1996–1999), which eventually led to the proposal to charter (c. 2002) and then establish the St. Kitts-Nevis Institute of Architects (c. 2005).
An authority on art history herself, Mary Berenson is believed to have significantly contributed to the work of her husband, art historian Bernard Berenson.
Historian of women in science
Professor Lea Puymbroeck Miller became a symbol of [the impact of anti-nepotism rules on women’s careers] in 1938.
Louise Bourgeois was renowned for her skill as a midwife, with patients including French royalty in the early 1600s.