Summary
Whether by painting, illustrating, photography, sculpture, film, or even set design, many women around the world have left an indelible mark upon the arts. Women Visual Artists presents lively, engrossing biographies of women whose passion for the visual turned heads and changed lives, including Frida Kahlo, Dorothea Lange, Madame Tussaud, and Maya Lin. Each entry focuses readers' attention on the women themselves and their accomplishments, linking their formative experiences with their later achievements.
About the Author(s)
Erika Kuhlman, Ph.D., is director of the Women's Studies Program at Idaho State University. She is the author of several books, including Of Little Comfort: War Widows, Fallen Soldiers, and the Remaking of the Nation after the Great War; Petticoats and White Feathers: Gender Conformity, Race, and the Progressive Peace Movement, and the Debate Over War, 1895–1919; and Reconstructing Patriarchy After the Great War: Women, Gender, and Postwar Reconciliation between Nations as well as numerous scholarly articles.