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03121aam a2200493 i 4500 001 38B2AA50E67F11EE94C7D61345ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240320010038 008 230320s2023 enka b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9781855145689 020 $a 1855145685 035 $a (OCoLC)1372392500 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCQ $d UVV $d OCLCO $d NZAUC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d SILO 050 4 $a HD6053 $b .W66 2023 082 04 $a 757.40904 $2 23 245 00 $a Women at work : $b [1900 to now] / $c edited by Flavia Frigeri, Georgia Atienza and Constantia Nicolaides. 264 1 $a London : $b National Portrait Gallery, $c 2023. 300 $a 207 pages : $b illustrations (black and white and color) ; $c 29 x 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "This volume showcases 123 women from 1900 to the present day who have made significant contributions historically, culturally, socially and academically in Britain and beyond--among them, Annie Kenney, Katherine Mansfield, Claudia Jones, Ray Strachey, Zadie Smith, Tessa Jowell, Jane Goodall, Olive Morris, Malala Yousafzai and Bernardine Evaristo. The book is structured around a timeline that focuses on one woman per year, reflecting significant events in their careers and lives, which are discussed in extended captions and illustrated with portraits. This accessible presentation of the content helps readers contextualize the work of these women in history. Contributors punctuate this timeline with essays highlighting the role of women in fields including science, design, literature and activism, in addition to essays on self-portraiture, celebrity culture and photography. Women at Work also features quotes from some of the women featured, including excerpts from poetry, lectures and interviews."--Vendor website. 505 0 $a Portraying women at work -- Rising up: uncovering women's activism -- Photography in the hands of women -- Camera Lucidata: Women photographers and the celebrity portrait -- The first (woman) scientist -- Me looking at you, looking at me -- The changing iconography of the woman writer -- Hidden heroines of design. 650 0 $a Women $x Portraits. 650 0 $a Women in art. 650 0 $a Women $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Women $x History $y 20th century $v Pictorial works. 650 0 $a Women $x Biography $v Pictorial works. 650 6 $a Femmes $x Portraits. 650 6 $a Femmes dans l'art. 650 6 $a Femmes $x Histoire $y 20e siecle. 650 6 $a Femmes $x Histoire $y 20e siecle $v Ouvrages illustres. 650 6 $a Femmes $x Biographies $v Ouvrages illustres. 650 7 $a Women $2 fast 650 7 $a Women in art $2 fast 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a History $2 fast 655 7 $a Portraits $2 fast 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 rvmgf 700 1 $a Frigeri, Flavia, $e editor. 700 1 $a Atienza, Georgia, $e editor. 700 1 $a Nicolaides, Constantia, $e editor. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240320011122.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=38B2AA50E67F11EE94C7D61345ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search