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Blanche Ames Ames

Multi-talented American inventor who was involved in art, farming, engineering and politics.

Nina Allender was a feminist, a suffragist, and an artist with a shrewd sense of humor and an innovative perspective on women. Her drawings changed the course of one of the most important civil rights movements in the history of the United States.

Gyo Fujikawa

Gyo Fujikawa (1908–98) was a prolific author, illustrator and designer of children’s books.

Anne Jolliffe

Anne Jolliffe, Australia’s first woman animator, cannot remember a time when she wasn’t interested in her craft. Born near Launceston, Tasmania, in 1933, she was given scratch pads and pencils by her father when she was four years old and began drawing pictures in sequence.