Federation Gertie Hollis Chatelain 57 x 51 inches 2019 ARTIST STATEMENT Gertrude Weil was from an affluent Jewish family which allowed her to have a privileged, white lifestyle. She was quite striking physically, and the [...]
Together Joan Schulze 36.5 x 52.5 inches 2018 ARTIST STATEMENT Working with the myth of Lady Godiva riding through town, and following the lead of many artists to visualize the activist suffragists, I explored [...]
Grimké Sisters Shin-hee Chin 64.5 x 56.5 inches 2019 ARTIST STATEMENT My work portrays the courage and humanity of the Grimké sisters, who are considered “the first American female advocates of abolition and women’s rights.” [...]
Amelia Bloomer: Advocating a Change Robin Schwalb 48 x 48 inches 2019 ARTIST STATEMENT Amelia Jenks Bloomer (1818-1894) became associated with the women’s clothing reform style known as bloomers because of her early and [...]
Martha Wright Jane Burch Cochran 58 x 42 inches 2019 ARTIST STATEMENT I chose Martha Wright as my subject because she was the sister of suffragist Lucretia Mott and was also active in women’s rights [...]
Charlotte: Knight of Potholders (coins) in the Kitchen Tarot Susan Shie 58 x 59 inches 2019 ARTIST STATEMENT Charlotte Woodward Pierce is my suffragist. I was intrigued about this youngest woman to attend the [...]
Honor Her Sandy Curran 50 x 31 inches 2019 ARTIST STATEMENT She came down through history without a name, only an image, a symbol of the sacrifice and bravery of the women called suffragists. She [...]
Frances Watkins Harper: “I Speak of Wrongs” Sandra Sider 32 x 33.5 x 1 inches 2019 ARTIST STATEMENT Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825 -1911) spent her entire adult life struggling for racial equality as well [...]
Everyday Women Rallying for Women’s Suffrage Ree Fagan 36 x 45 inches 2019 ARTIST STATEMENT The everyday women who ran their households, raised their children, supported their husbands, and participated in the suffrage movement were [...]
Jane Addams: A Most Dangerous Woman Laura Wasilowski 46 x 37.5 inches 2019 ARTIST STATEMENT Jane Addams (1860-1935) was an American settlement activist, peace activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, and advocate of women’s suffrage. As [...]