Arts, Culture and Education: People

Nina Allender was the official political cartoonist of the National Woman's Party from 1913-1954. A classically-trained painter, she was recruited to become a cartoonist for the woman suffrage cause by Alice Paul. Her work helped change public opinion about what a suffragist and feminist looked like. The "Allender girl" was stylish, self-assured, and determined to claim her right to equality.

Ruth Asawa is a famous artist and sculptor. This page explores her life and legacy.

As the first internationally recognized African American and Native American sculptor, Edmonia Lewis overcame several barriers to achieve international recognition and acclaim as an artist.

The contributions of Annetta Johnson Saint-Gaudens, sculptor, activist, and member of the Cornish Art Colony, stand out in an artistic family.

The oldest daughter of Black farmers in Gloucester County, Virginia, Lucinda Palmer worked for two years to afford an education at Hampton Institute. Following her education at Hampton, Palmer became a teacher near her home.

Jenny Lind, known as the "Swedish Nightingale," was a worldwide singing sensation who visited Mammoth Cave with her tour company in 1851.

Editor, poet, professor, and diplomat James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) wrote and edited abolitionist poems and articles and later served as American Minister to Spain and Great Britain.

Gretchen Heefner is an associate professor of history at Northeastern University. Her first book, "The Missile Next Door: The Minuteman in the American Heartland" traces the deployment of nuclear missiles across the American heartland in the late 1950s and 1960s, focusing on the Minuteman missile field in South Dakota.

George E.C. Hayes graduated from Howard University School of Law in 1918 and returned in 1924 as an instructor. He had established a private practice in the District of Columbia, and continued to practice while teaching.

As the first white attorney for the NAACP, Jack Greenberg helped to argue Brown v. Board of Education at the U.S. Supreme Court level. Not only was he the only white attorney, he was also the youngest attorney on the NAACP team.