Original sisters : portraits of tenacity and courage
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Author
Contributors
Gay, Roxane, writer of foreword.
Published
New York : Pantheon Books, 2021.
Physical Desc
xii, 306 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Status
Foster - Non-Fiction
920.72 Kunz
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920.72 Kunz
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Published
New York : Pantheon Books, 2021.
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
Description
"Original Sisters was born from the COVID-19 quarantine. In early March 2020, locked down in her home-studio in Toronto and longing for inspiration, artist Anita Kunz started researching women on the Internet. She wasn’t sure what she was looking for, but she soon found an array of astonishing people who had done amazing things—some of whom she had heard of, but most of whom she had not. And then she began to paint their pictures and write down their stories. The result is a jaw-dropping feat of historic and artistic research. The wide variety of lives, occupations, time periods, and achievements is absolutely mind-bending. From Joan of Arc to Josephine Baker, from Hippolyta to Greta Thunberg, from Anne Frank to Misty Copeland: these women made and changed history. But there are just as many whom you’ve never heard of, who were never recognized in their lifetimes, whose achievements need to be brought to light. They include the anti-Nazi activist Sophie Scholl, who was executed at age twenty-one by the Third Reich, and Alice Ball, a young African American scientist who discovered a treatment for leprosy but died tragically before she could receive credit for it. This is not only a breathtaking art book. Original Sisters also recounts a secret history that must be told so that it is a secret no more."--publisher's website.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Kunz, A., & Gay, R. (2021). Original sisters: portraits of tenacity and courage (First edition.). Pantheon Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kunz, Anita, 1956- and Roxane, Gay. 2021. Original Sisters: Portraits of Tenacity and Courage. Pantheon Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kunz, Anita, 1956- and Roxane, Gay. Original Sisters: Portraits of Tenacity and Courage Pantheon Books, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kunz, Anita, and Roxane Gay. Original Sisters: Portraits of Tenacity and Courage First edition., Pantheon Books, 2021.
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