In 2019, Smithsonian Data Science Lab fellow Tiana Curry found that dozens of botanical samples collected by natural historian, botanist, and artist Mary Vaux Walcott were listed under Mary’s husband’s name in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History database.
Vermeer’s daughter and possible artist of works attributed to him
Sculptor and painter Margaret Gerow gave up a promising career to marry a fellow artist, supporting his career and later raising their eight children.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh has been called Scotland’s most famous architect, while his wife, artist Margaret MacDonald Mackintosh, has been relegated to the role of supportive spouse by art historians. Yet even Charles acknowledged that he owed Margaret much of his professional success as a partner and collaborator.
Likely artisan of the 12th century Lewis chess pieces, which make up one of the most famous chess sets in the world
Professor Lea Puymbroeck Miller became a symbol of [the impact of anti-nepotism rules on women’s careers] in 1938.
Photographer Lynn Goldsmith fought her copyright claim against Warhol’s estate (the Andy Warhol Foundation) all the way to the Supreme Court – and won.
Argentine photographer
British painter
Hilda Petrie worked with her husband, the renowned William Flinders Petrie, “but she never published anything in her own name, and her contributions were never formally acknowledged. Her husband wrote the reports, headed the excavation teams and garnered all the credit for their finds.”