Things I like: suffragettes, war workers, factory girls, socialites who got stuff done, ladies who ruled countries, and women who changed the world, even if it was just a little bit. Click on photos for sources.
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Lois Mailou Jones (1905-1998), artist and Howard University professor.
Lois painted portraits, as well as designing masks, textiles and stained glass windows. Well traveled, Lois was influenced by black culture in the US, Haiti and Africa.
Lois’s work is regularly displayed in museums. In 2012, her work will be on display in Maryland, Alabama and Florida.
Unidentified Child Named Carl Who Became a Civil War Soldier; with Handwritten Note and Lock of Hair in Case ca. 1856
Inscription on handwritten...
Oakland, CA February 27, 1931 - To raise funds for the hospital in Chinatown, a lion dance was performed. The lion “ate” offerings of lettuce and...
The original Charlotte Corday Awaits the Guillotine by Charles Lucien Muller with Alfred de Richmont, completed on 9...
