Women Artists & Activists #bornOnThisDay 23 July | July 23
Anna Dorothea Therbusch (1721-1782) https://palianshow.wordpress.com/2025/07/23/anna-dorothea-therbusch/ Anna Dorothea Therbusch born Anna Dorothea (Dorota) Lisiewski 23 Jul 1721 – 9 Nov 1782 was a prominent Rococo painter, born in the Kingdom of Prussia. Her Father was Georg Lisiewski (1674–1751), a Berlin portrait painter of Polish stock who arrived in Prussia in 1692. About 200 of her works survive, and she painted at least eighty-five verified portraits.via W
Charlotte Cushman | full name: Charlotte Saunders Cushman (July 23, 1816 – February 18, 1876) was an American stage actress. Her voice was noted for its full contralto register, and she was able to play both male and female parts. She lived intermittently in Rome, in an expatriate colony of prominent artists and sculptors, some of whom became part of her tempestuous private life. Via W
Zofia Plewińska-Smidowiczowa (1888-1944) https://polishwomenartists.wordpress.com/2025/07/23/zofia-plewinska-smidowiczowa/ Zofia Plewińska-Smidowiczowa (1888-1944) Polish independence activist, painter, graphic artist, illustrator and drawer. via W
Hilda Rue Wilkinson Brown (1894–1981) was an artist and teacher from Washington, D.C. Brown was involved in art education, developing curriculum that challenged the typical mimetic approach of teaching in favor of more individual creativity. The focus of Brown's life was her career as an educator, but she was also a prolific artist in her own right. She made illustrations for African American publications such as The Brownie's Book and Crisis magazine. She was also a painter and printmaker. Her prints are included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of art and the Art Institute of Chicago. Via W
Ruth Charlotte Ellis (1899-2000) -LGBT rights activist https://herstorypalianshow.wordpress.com/2025/07/23/ruth-charlotte-ellis/ Ruth Charlotte Ellis (July 23, 1899 – October 5, 2000) was an African-American woman known for being an LGBT rights activist and the oldest surviving open lesbian at the age of 101. Ellis became open about her identity as a lesbian around 1915, but claims to never have had to come out, as her family was accepting. She graduated from Springfield High School in 1919, at a time when fewer than seven percent of African Americans graduated from secondary school. In the 1920s, she met the only woman she ever lived with, Ceciline “Babe” Franklin. They moved together to Detroit, Michigan, in 1937. via W
Karin van Leyden (1906-1977) https://palianshow.wordpress.com/2026/07/23/karin-van-leyden/ Karin van Leyden (born 23 July 1906 in Charlottenburg as Elisabeth Frieda Johanna Erna Kluth ; died June 1977 in Lugano ) was a German-American painter and designer. via W DE
Barbara Deming (1917-1984) -American feminist, advocate of nonviolence https://herstorypalianshow.wordpress.com/2025/07/23/barbara-deming/ Barbara Deming (July 23, 1917 – Aug 2, 1984) was an American feminist and advocate of nonviolent social change.Deming openly believed that it was often those whom we loved that oppressed us, and that it was necessary to re-invent non-violent struggle every day. via W
Magdalena Więcek (July 23, 1924 in Katowice, Poland - December 31, 2008 in Dahab, Egypt) was a Polish sculptor and art teacher. via W
Sabine Weiss (July 23, 1924, Saint-Gingolph, Switzerland - Dec28, 2021 (age 97 years), Paris, France), was a Swiss-French photographer active in the French humanist photography movement, along with Robert Doisneau, Willy Ronis, Édouard Boubat, and Izis. She was born in Switzerland and became a naturalised French citizen in 1995. W
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Felicia Abban (1936/1937~2024) https://palianshow.wordpress.com/2024/07/23/felicia-abban/ Felicia Abban, full name Felicia Ewuraesi Abban (née Ansah; 1936/1937 – 4 Jan 2024) was Ghana’s first female professional photographer. She worked as a photographer for the country’s first president for a number of years during the 1960s. Via W
Women in cinema, UNESCO, Saint-Vincent, 1975 https://herstorypalianshow.wordpress.com/2025/07/23/women-in-cinema-unesco-saint-vincent-1975/
