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"Votes for Women," Bertha Margaret Boyé, 1911.
There's not much information about Boyé (1883-1930) except that she was a California native who entered this as part of a competition to design a poster to help for the campaign for women's suffrage in California. The Art Nouveau/Arts and Crafts style is lovely, and that's the Golden Gate behind her, so it makes it a uniquely Californian image. And California gave women the vote in 1911, so the poster was successful.
This appears to be her only notable work; she died at the age of 47 in Europe, having gone there to continue her studies.
From the Arthur & Elizabeth Schlesinger Library, Cambridge, MA.
#Art #AmericanArt #WomenArtists #WomenInArt #ArtNouveau #ArtsAndCrafts #WomensSuffrage #Vote
There's not much information about Boyé (1883-1930) except that she was a California native who entered this as part of a competition to design a poster to help for the campaign for women's suffrage in California. The Art Nouveau/Arts and Crafts style is lovely, and that's the Golden Gate behind her, so it makes it a uniquely Californian image. And California gave women the vote in 1911, so the poster was successful.
This appears to be her only notable work; she died at the age of 47 in Europe, having gone there to continue her studies.
From the Arthur & Elizabeth Schlesinger Library, Cambridge, MA.
#Art #AmericanArt #WomenArtists #WomenInArt #ArtNouveau #ArtsAndCrafts #WomensSuffrage #Vote