outosegoSix Wonders Built by Pioneering Women ArchitectsSmithsonian Magazine - Jennifer BillockIn 2014, the BBC aired a three-part documentary called The Brits who Built the Modern World, featuring heavyweight architects Richard Rogers, Norman …
outosegoFor the First Time in Its 200-Year History, the Rijksmuseum Features Women Artists in 'Gallery of Honour'Smithsonian Magazine - Nora McGreevyVisitors to the Rijksmuseum typically flock to the Gallery of Honour, a series of ornately decorated chambers that boast some of the Amsterdam …
outosegoHow Ida Holdgreve's Stitches Helped the Wright Brothers Get Off the GroundSmithsonian MagazineAround 1910, Ida Holdgreve, a Dayton, Ohio, seamstress, answered a local ad that read, “Plain Sewing Wanted.” But the paper got it wrong. Dayton …
outosegoA New Sculpture in Brooklyn Honors Ruth Bader GinsburgSmithsonian Magazine - Nora McGreevyRuth Bader Ginsburg, the barrier-breaking United States Supreme Court Justice who died of pancreatic cancer last September, would have turned 88 …