Maria de Dominici
Nun, painter, and sculptor, known for breaking gender barriers in a field dominated by men in the world of Baroque art and a trailblazer for women in the arts during the 17th century.
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Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti
Significant figure in French Dadaism who made important contributions to Paris Dada and modernism as a painter, collagist, sculptor, and draughtsperson.
Tatiana Markus
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.
Truus Oversteegen
Dutch sculptor and painter who she played a significant role in the anti-Nazi Dutch Resistance
Angela MacDonnell
Countess of Antrim , sculptor, cartoonist, and illustrator
Lily Alexander
British activist, sculptor and painter who travelled internationally
Elizabeth Helen Alexander
British scholar, painter and sculptor
Ella Hean Alexander
British painter and sculptor
Alexandra Wejchert
Polish-Irish sculptor
Judy Chicago
Judy Chicago was one of the pioneers of Feminist art in the 1970s, a movement that endeavored to reflect women’s lives, call attention to women’s roles as artists, and alter the conditions under which contemporary art was produced and received.