Marjorie Merriweather Post
Marjorie Merriweather Post inherited the General Food Corporation in 1914 and served as a director until 1958.
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Helen Saunders
In the 1910s, painter Helen Saunders was one of only two women (the other being Jessica Dismorr) involved in the Vorticists, an artistic movement formed in 1914.
Marie-Denise Villers
French portrait painter Marie-Denise Villers’s most famous painting, Portrait of Charlotte du Val d’Ognes/Young Woman Drawing (1801) was attributed to Jacques-Louis David, under whom she studied.
Wendy Red Star
Wendy Red Star is an Apsáalooke (Crow) artist who through her work explores themes of Native history, resistance, and cultural heritage.
Greta Submit Ogden
Canadian artist, professor, and pioneer occupational therapist
Louise Campbell
English princess, sculptor, personal secretary to Queen Victoria, viceregal consort, and painter
Glenna Goodacre
Glenna Goodacre was a renowned sculptor who received national recognition with her public sculpture projects, such as the Vietnam Women’s Memorial, the Irish Memorial, and the Sacagawea coin design.
Joan Lindsay
Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and visual artist best known for her book Picnic at Hanging Rock
Xiao Lu
Chinese performance and installation artist
Ray Eames
While Charles Eames was the public face of their architecture and furniture design partnership, he was always quick to acknowledge his wife, Ray, as an equal, or even superior, saying “Anything I can do, Ray can do better.”