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Women Photographers Forge Careers From Homes to World Tours
A feature explores women who built photography as a profession with little capital, detailing pioneers like Gertrude Kasebier Lily Selby Frances Benjamin Johnston and Mattie Edwards Hewitt. It notes training through schools, fieldwork in homes theatres and public buildings, and success through imagination and persistent study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York
Columbia University
Flameattek
Fances
Mary Allen
Deerfield
Mass
Gertrude Kasebier
Lillian Saynes Griffin
The
Camera Club
Asd
Frances Benjamin Johnston
Mattie Edwards Hewitt
Miss Johnston
Kasebier
Hewitt
Glen Cove
J. J
Admiral Dewey
Manila Bay
Bondvita
Lily Selby
England
Massachusetts
Jessie Tarbox Beals
Chautauqua
St. Louis