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Women building history

by Wanda M. Corn

Women in artMural painting and decorationWomen artistsBuildings, structuresArchitectural Decoration and ornamentSex role in artWoman's Building (World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, Chicago, Ill.)Themes, motives

History of women during America's Gilded Age. Wanda M. Corn takes as her topic the grand neoclassical Woman's Building at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, a structure celebrating modern woman's progress in education, arts, and sciences.

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Book data: Open Library