Women at work : 1900 to now /

"This volume showcases 123 women from 1900 to the present day who have made significant contributions historically, culturally, socially and academically in Britain and beyond--among them, Annie Kenney, Katherine Mansfield, Claudia Jones, Ray Strachey, Zadie Smith, Tessa Jowell, Jane Goodall, O...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Frigeri, Flavia (Editor), Atienza, Georgia (Editor), Nicolaides, Constantia (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : National Portrait Gallery Publications, [2023]
Subjects:	Women > Portraits. Women in art. Women > History > 20th century. Women > History > 20th century > Pictorial works. Women > Biography > Pictorial works. Femmes > Portraits. Femmes dans l'art. Femmes > Histoire > 20e siècle. Femmes > Histoire > 20e siècle > Ouvrages illustrés. Femmes > Biographies > Ouvrages illustrés. Women Women in art ART / Women Artists. 1900-1999 History Portraits Biographies.

Table of Contents:

Portraying women at work / by Flavia Frigeri
Rising up: uncovering women's activism / by Constantia Nicolaides
Photography in the hands of women / by Georgia Atienza
Camera Lucidata: Women photographers and the celebrity portrait / by Magdalene Keaney
The first (woman) scientist / by Emma Chapman
Me looking at you, looking at me / by Flavia Frigeri
The changing iconography of the woman writer / by Alison Smith
Hidden heroines of design / by Alice Rawsthorn.