On This Day Sheさんのイラストまとめ

#OTD in 1927 Catalan actress & director Margarita Xirgu staged & starred in 'Mariana Pineda', an early play by Lorca; she later produced many more. Xirgu—a lesbian & political radical—was nicknamed 'Margarita the Red' & seen as a threat to Franco’s regime. https://t.co/1G7GfFkAfm

In April 1940 Evelyn Dunbar was appointed an official, salaried war artist by the War Artists' Advisory Committee, to record UK women's contributions to WW2, particularly the Land Army. In 2015, c.500 of her paintings, sketches etc were found in an attic. https://t.co/na8WJ691s2

#otd in 1950—in the aftermath of WWII—US educ psychologist Doris Twitchell Allen founded Children's International Summer Villages (@CISVofficial) to promote peace by fostering cross-national friendships; she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. https://t.co/CXDMIyTF1N

#otd in 1894, English explorer, photographer & travel writer Isabella Bird, first female member of Royal Geographical Soc, set off from Liverpool to China. “[A] good horse, good ground to gallop on, and sunshine, make up the sum of enjoyable travelling.” https://t.co/s0WJFKba4R

In December 1962, painter Elaine de Kooning spent several days sketching President Kennedy. She was a pioneer of abstract expressionism, and her portrait of JFK now hangs in the Truman Library. https://t.co/GKeDrtr2zs

#OTD in 1950 the Venice Biennale opened. Nano Reid and Norah McGuinness were the first Irish artists to be included. The catalogue said that “critics were amazed to learn that Reid was a woman artist,” because of her strong Expressionist style. https://t.co/9HQtrT0XmX

Happy birthday, Geta Brătescu, born #otd in 1926. One of Romania's greatest artists, she was kicked out of Bucharest's School of Belle Arte in 1949 as part of a purge by the Communist govt. She worked across various media: ‘I sing with my pens.’ https://t.co/RzyiY7vWoS #WomensArt

#otd in 2010 Kathryn Bigelow is the first woman to win an Oscar for Best Director for "The Hurt Locker," the story of a US bomb disposal team in Iraq. "“If there’s specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle." https://t.co/RTxTMqOwgw

In 1981, under the pen name 'bell hooks', US professor, activist & critic Gloria Jean Watkins published her hugely influential work Ain't I a Woman?: Black Women and Feminism, written while she was an undergraduate. She has since published over 30 books.
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#otd in 1966 Czech New Wave director Věra Chytilová's film Sedmikrásky (Daisies) was released. Banned by Czech authorities for "depicting the wanton", the film brought Chytilová international recognition. "I have no desire to cuddle my audience". https://t.co/AodZRKRayd