Eight Who Made a Difference: Pioneer Women in the Arts

by Erica Stux

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• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1888105372
• ISBN13: 9781888105377
• Release Date: January 1800
• Publisher: Avisson Press Inc
• Length: 123 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A charming collection of stories about 8 remarkable women.

Eight Who Made A Difference, by Erica Stux is a charming collection of stories about eight remarkable women who contributed to the arts. Stux brings together stories that transcend time offering motivation to all ages present and future. Her subjects and their stories will inspire anyone to strive for goals beyond their immediate reach. To become more than ones belief is the common greatness of the art-filled women highlighted in this collection. Each of the eight women that "Made a Difference" manifest a sense of courage and strength to endure the obstacles before them. This reader was enchanted by their success and honored to know more about them.

The gender gap

The talents and accomplishments of women are often neglected despite remarkable achievements. Britian's flowering under Elizabeth I owed much to that ruler's direct influence. The Hermitage exists only because of Catherine the Great's extraordinary taste and insight. Fanny Mendelsshon was as gifted as her brother Felix and Kathe Kollwitz's self portrait is a match for Courbet's, Durer's or even Rembrandt's. This book, intended for teenagers, attempts to remedy the historical neglect of women by presenting the lives and works of Maria Tallchief, Lousie Navelson, Marian Anderson, Nadia Boulanger, Mary Cassett, Margaret Burke-White, Beverly Sills and Julia Morgan, all of whom made major contributions to their eight different fields. While the writing is a bit dry and a more detailed expostion of their work would be useful, the book is a must, even for adults, interested in redressing the gender imbalance in history.

a wonderful book by an obviously talented author

This is a wonderful and insightful book about strong and brilliant women who made a difference in the arts. Their stories are inspirational. Stux is obviously a talented author who has done her research.