Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-154) and index.In Women's Art of the British Empire, Mary Ellen Snodgrass provides an overview of multiracial arts and crafts from Great Britain's empire. Drawing upon primary sources, this book encompasses a wide variety of artistic accomplishments, such as sewing and quilting, basketry and weaving, songwriting and dancing, or diaries, memoirs, editorials, and speeches. Each entry includes a comprehensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources as well as further readings on the female artists and their respective crafts.
Contents:
Amar, Ludu Daw -- Anahareo -- Bate, Daisy May -- Begum, Raj -- Behn, Aphra -- Bell, Gertrude -- Binaisa, Naomi -- Bird, Isabella -- Bishop, Anna -- Bloom, Freddy -- Bradley, Mary Morris -- Bunnag, Erb -- Burr, Theodosia -- Busby, Margaret -- Cumming, Constance -- Davies, Fanny -- Devi, Pragyasundari -- Dinesen, Isak -- Eaton, Fanny -- Evans, Mary Augusta -- Faiza, Aminath -- Gonne, Maud -- Gunn, Isobel -- Head, Bessie -- Hendrie, Margaret -- Holkar, Ahilyabai -- Hone, Eva Sydney -- Hooton, Elizabeth -- Irving, Lydia -- Jawara, Augusta -- Jowett, Alice -- Kaberry, Phyllis -- Kincaid, Jamaica -- Kirkcaldy, Rosemary -- Kwali, Ladi -- Lenshina, Alice -- Leonowens, Anna -- Lynch-Staunton, Sara Mary -- Makeba, Miriam -- Mikak -- Miller, Maria Morris -- Moodie, Susanna -- Murray, Edith -- North, Marianne -- Parker, Mary Ann -- Pullan, Matilda Marian -- Rhind, Ethel -- Rhys, Jean -- Robinson, Martha Elizabeth -- Sale, Florentia -- Selvanayagam, Grace -- Sidek, Khadijah -- Steel, Flora Annie -- Strickland, Mabel -- Stuart, Andrea -- Thanadelthur -- Thomas, Adelaide -- Traill, Catherine Parr -- White, Golde -- Whitty, Sophia -- Whyte, Kathleen -- Yaa Asantewaa -- Appendix A: Art genres -- Appendix B: Artists by British Colony -- Appendix C: Artist heritage.
Subject Terms:
Women artists -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Encyclopedias. | Women artists -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Encyclopedias. | Arts, British -- 19th century -- Themes, motives -- Encyclopedias. | Arts, British -- 20th century -- Themes, motives -- Encyclopedias. | Arts, British -- Themes, motives. | Women artists. | Great Britain.