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#29 Nell Blaine - Youngest member of the group called American Abstract Artists in 1940s.

Later, she joined what became the Second Generation New York Painters.

After contracting polio, she relearned to paint with her left arm, scarcely slowing down.

According to Blaine, it all goes back for her to Piet Mondrian, “the push and pull of color.”

Learn more in this 8 min film: "The Color of Light"
https://youtu.be/gVkEDq8nAXk?si=hZ1tBlNgvU14FM-8

The Color of Light: Nell Blaine Dive into the remarkable life and art of Nell Blaine, an artist whose journey transcends the boundaries of abstraction and figuration, illuminating the vibra...

#27 Emily Warren Roebling

“When the Brooklyn Bridge was completed after fourteen years of construction in 1883, Emily Warren Roebling — the ‘woman who saved the Brooklyn Bridge’ — was the first to cross it by carriage, carrying a live rooster in her lap as a sign of victory.”

So much to this story. I had no idea!
https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=25975

Emily Warren Roebling: The Woman Who Saved The Brooklyn Bridge Emily Warren Roebling became the first female field engineer in history as the "surrogate chief engineer" of one of the greatest architectural projects of the 19th century, the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.