At the German art school Bauhaus, women like Anni Albers and Otti Berger were shunted into the textile department, prevented from studying other disciplines. Berger became one of the few Bauhaus artists to have her designs patented. Although segregated, artists like Albers and Berger changed the way textiles are viewed as an artistic medium.
1800s Irish artist
Irish writer and schoolteacher
American venture capitalist and social reformer
Although her work was hugely commercially successful, mostly through inexpensive reproductions on various items, her then-husband Walter Keane claimed credit for her paintings. It was only after their divorce that Margaret went public with her story of their abusive marriage. She later proved herself in a courtroom “paint-off,” in which Walter refused to participate.
In 2000, Claudia L. Gordon became the first Deaf Black female lawyer in the U.S.
After the Soweto uprising, Mofokeng was one of the hundreds detained. While in detention she was beaten and tortured in an attempt to gain information, but she kept silent.
Irish social reformer and writer
Deaf sound artist
American deaf-mute poet