These three new books feature female subjects from all over the world — and showcase their glimmering diversity.
One of many happy results of the publishing industry's push for greater inclusivity: more art books showcasing not just women's art, but women's capabilities.
There are familiar faces among these standouts, including banker Christine Lagarde, Pakistan Prime Minister Benazhir Bhutto, writer and wit Dorothy Parker, andpublisher Katharine Graham. A young Frida Kahlo looks tiny beside her enormous husband-to-be, Diego Rivera, photographed with a contingent of all-male painters, sculptors and other arts workers at a 1929 May Day march in Mexico City.
The solo woman at the 1946 assembly of the American Society of Sugar Beet Technologists is easy to spot because of her elaborate hat. But other"Onlys" are harder to pinpoint in these crowded, small format reproductions — lending Humes' book a fun Where's"Walda" vibe at times.
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