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ordination of women
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Smith College
Smith College at Northampton, Mass.; undergraduate for women, graduate coeducational; chartered 1871, opened 1875 through a bequest of Sophia Smith. The first president, Laurenus Clark Seelye , was influential in establishing high standards of scholarship. Smith is known for its junior-year-abroad... Read more |
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quilting
quilting form of needlework, almost always created by women, most of them anonymous, in which two layers of fabric on either side of an interlining (batting) are sewn together, usually with a pattern of back or running (quilting) stitches that hold the layers together. This method of securing... Read more |
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Feminist art
Feminist art. A term applied to art that deals with issues specifically relating to women's identity and experience. As a movement it originated in the late 1960s, in parallel with the militant Women's Liberation movement. Previously the most concerted feminist activity in the arts had been the... Read more |
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Giovanni Battista Moroni
Giovanni Battista Moroni , c.1525-1578, Italian portrait painter of the Brescian school; pupil of Il Moretto. Surpassing his teacher in the ability to capture the expression of the model, Moroni excelled in portraying with tasteful intimacy the aristocratic men and women of his day. He depicted them... Read more |
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William Wilson Corcoran
William Wilson Corcoran , 1798-1888, American financier, philanthropist, and art collector, b. Georgetown, D.C. After becoming a successful banker, he retired in 1854 and devoted himself to his philanthropic activities, which included gifts to many educational and religious institutions, as well as... Read more |
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Faye Wattleton
Faye Wattleton 1943– Women |
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