Emma Cheves Wilkins
American artist who supported herself by painting portraits of prominent citizens, while simultaneously gaining a reputation for painting lush, impressionistic landscapes and still lifes.
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Uttaktuak
20th century Inuit seamstress and artist
Maria Morris Miller
1800s Canadian teacher, artist, and poet
Anna Weber
1800s American-Canadian needle-worker and fraktur artist
Christianne Morris
1800s Micmac artist and artist’s model
May Guinness
Irish painter
Beth Takekawa
Former executive director of the Wing Luke Museum
Barbara Holdridge
Co-founder of Caedmon Records in 1952 and a pioneer in spoken word literary recordings, and is considered to have laid the foundation for modern audio books.
Fran Taylor
In 1938, with a $30.00 investment, Fran Taylor started her own company which would go on to become one of the major forces in glass ware design during the 1940s and 1950s.
Elish Lamont
1800s Irish artist and writer