Women+of+Art

1. Carolyn Keene Wrote the Nancy Drew Books

2. Mary Cassatt Over the objections of her father and despite the initial disdain of male painters, she became an acclaimed chronicler of the tenderest moments in women's lives.

3. J.K.Rowling 1965 - J.K.Rowling is the author of the phenomenal best selling Harry Potter series. The volume of sales was so high, it has been credited with leading a revival of reading by children. She wrote the first book as a single mother, struggling to make ends meet, but is now one of most successful self-made woman.

4. Maya Angelou** most renowned and influential voices of our time. Hailed as a global renaissance woman, Dr. Angelou is a celebrated poet, memoirist, novelist, educator, dramatist, producer, actress, historian, filmmaker, and civil rights activist.

5. Georgia O'Keeffe She is chiefly known for paintings of flowers, rocks, shells, animal bones, and landscapes in which she synthesized abstraction and representation.

6. Marian Anderson In 1939, the DAR refused to let Anderson sing in DC's Constitution Hall because she was black. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt resigned from the DAR, and her husband's administration arranged an outdoor concert at the Lincoln Memorial for a crowd of 75,000 and millions of radio listeners. Anderson was the first African American to sing with the Metropolitan Opera, and in 1958 became a delegate to the United Nations.

7. Isadora Duncan mother of modern dance chafed under what she saw as the rigid restrictions of classical forms and replaced them with free, expansive, expressive movement. She influenced a generation of dancers — and loosened us all up.

8. Maria Callas US opera singer. Her brilliant coloratura singing and powerful dramatic presence brought her acclaim in opera houses around the world.

9. Dolly Parton - Actress/ Country singer/ songwriter from poor family with many siblings.

10. Renée Fleming (born February 14, 1959) is an American [|__soprano__] specializing in [|__opera__]

11. Harriet Hosmer (1830-1908), one of the most famous women sculptors of the 19th century. She dedicated herself to this medium at a time when the physical demands of the process meant it was considered a male domain.

12. Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the [|__rock music__] genre have earned her the title The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll.

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14. Katherine Mary Dunham (June 22, 1909 – May 21, 2006) was an [|__American__] [|__dancer__], [|__choreographer__], [|__songwriter__], author, educator, and activist .Dunham had one of the most successful dance careers in American and European theater of the 20th century and has been called the "Matriarch and Queen Mother of Black Dance". [1]

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18. Anne Bradstreet - book of poems, The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America, (1650) --first published American woman writer

19. Henrietta Johnston begins to work as a portrait artist in Charles Town (now Charleston), South Carolina, making her the first known professional woman artist in America.