Posts Tagged ‘women in the 2Oth century’
Dr. Florence Sabin: A Career with a Second-Act Twist.
Dr. Florence Sabin (1871-1953) was one of the first women doctors to build a career as a research scientist. Sabin was interested in math and science from the beginning. She attended Smith College, where she majored in zoology. One of her professors encouraged her to study medicine at Johns Hopkins new co-educational medical school.[1] Sabin…
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Fearless: A Q & A with Cathy Curtis
I am delighted to have biographer Cathy Curtis back on the Margins to discuss her new book, Fearless, the first comprehensive biography of Irish writer Edna O’Brien (1930-2024). Pull up a chair and enjoy the conversation! What drew you to Edna O’Brien’s story? I had been a longtime fan of Edna O’Brien’s novels and short…
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Wanda Gág, Printmaker with a”Grimm” Aesthetic
Until a few weeks ago, the name Wanda Gág meant nothing to me, but it turns I was very familiar with her most famous work. I discovered Gág while I was happily reading a book about professional women artists in the first half of the twentieth century who had all been students of a single…
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