by Nancy Frazier (1992)
Examines the life of the twentieth-century Mexican painter known for her self-portraits and the loneliness and pain that were reflected in her work.
Beverly Gherman
A biography of a foremost American artist, beginning with her early fascination with color and light, the struggle for recognition in a man's field, her relationship with Alfred Stieglitz, and the final glory of her New Mexico years.
Vivian Sheldon Epstein
Brief biographies of women who, despite many barriers, had the courage, talent, and power to create quality works of art.
Mary Ellen Verheyden-Hilliard
A brief biography of the Mexican-American woman who grew up in a family of migrant workers and went on to earn a doctorate in cellular biology and eventually head her own research laboratory.
Cookie Lommel
Traces the life and achievements of the black civil rights worker whose greatest accomplishment, the integration of restaurants in Washington, D.C., came when she was nearly ninety years old.