Selene Corlett
Milliner and dressmaker who organized a training school which prepared 260 women to work in hospitals, factories, at the American Red Cross, and on streetcars during WWI.
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Renee So
Artist whose sculpture and ‘knitted paintings’ explore colonial legacies, male authority and women’s bodies
Eva Butchart
Eva Butchart was a decorative and design artist who used dyes made from eucalypts in her work.
Nadjeschda Overgaard
Danish-Russian-American embroidery artist
Lily Vorperian
Armenian-American embroidery artist
Roen Kahalewai Hufford
Native Hawaiian Roen Halley Kahalewai McDonald Hufford carries on the art of ka hana kapa (making barkcloth) and is a leading figure in the reclaiming of this nearly lost art.
Anne Douglas
Anne Douglas (later Doucet) was one of the original dancers in the Denishawn modern dance company in the 1920s, leaving home at 17 to tour with them for 10 years before establishing a dance training studio in southern California with her sister.
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood
American fiber artist
Zuleikha Mayat
South African author and activist who led a life of courage, compassion and integrity
Christy Ruby
Christy Ruby (Tlingit) is an Alaska Native master sea mammal furrier and owner of C. Ruby Designs based in Ketchikan, Alaska.