Nikki May
Current Gallery: womanandherneeds ( piece)
Woman and Her Needs This series of prints is made from original drawings in a book by Elizabeth Oakes Smith called Woman and Her Needs. Elizabeth Oakes Smith (1806-1893) was a poet, fiction writer, editor, lecturer and women’s right activist. The text of the book was originally published as a series of essays in the New York Tribune between 1850 and 1851. What at first glance appears to be a Victorian tome on how women should behave, is actually one of the earliest feminist publications, arguing for women’s spiritual and intellectual capacities as well as women’s equal rights to political, economic and educational opportunities. The pages of this beautiful old book became the the perfect background for my drawings.
Woman and Her Needs This series of prints is made from original drawings in a book by Elizabeth Oakes Smith called Woman and Her Needs. Elizabeth Oakes Smith (1806-1893) was a poet, fiction writer, editor, lecturer and women’s right activist. The text of the book was originally published as a series of essays in the New York Tribune between 1850 and 1851. What at first glance appears to be a Victorian tome on how women should behave, is actually one of the earliest feminist publications, arguing for women’s spiritual and intellectual capacities as well as women’s equal rights to political, economic and educational opportunities. The pages of this beautiful old book became the the perfect background for my drawings.
Gallery-quality prints · Independent artists · Décor to adore
from $ 13
from $ 13
from $ 13
from $ 13
from $ 13