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Augusta Savage

Key figure in the Harlem Renaissance, an influential sculptor and educator

Margaret Thomas

Australian artist and author

Mabel Annesley

Irish wood engraver and watercolourist

Sophia St John Whitty

Irish woodcarver, teacher and cooperativist

Thomasita Fessler

Renowned American sculptor and a Dominican nun known for her contributions to religious and liturgical art.

Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti

Significant figure in French Dadaism who made important contributions to Paris Dada and modernism as a painter, collagist, sculptor, and draughtsperson.

When Kyiv fell under German occupation in 1941, Markus joined the underground resistance. She carried out sabotage missions, often disguised as innocent gestures, like throwing a grenade hidden as a bouquet. Using a false identity as “Marcousisse,” she worked at an officer’s dining facility, poisoning SS officers’ meals and eliminating a valuable Gestapo informant.