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“I smiled in the face of bigotry.”Shaymaa Ismaa’eelMuslim who stood up to Islamophobia with joyThe Art:Ink drawing of Shaymaa Ismaa’eel flashing a bright smile and peace sign while wearing an orange hijab. She’s drawn on a map of Washin
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”Anne FrankAuthor The Art:Ink drawing on a map of Amsterdam, Netherlands. The rooms where Anne Frank and her family and the others spent 25
“I contemplated how sorrow, frustration, and anger wove together with courage, resiliency, and hope, and how the art might speak to this gravity.”Michaela GoadeFirst Native American illustrator to win the Caldecott MedalThe Artwork:Ink
Coming June 27, Fearless Portraits returns for a second season telling stories of women who worked to change the world.
I’ve been working hard collecting new stories and drawing portraits of amazing women that will be coming to your podcast feed for Season 2 in the new year. But for now, here is an interview I did this week with John and Rachel, hosts of the YaJ
“Redemption! I was grabbing the air, I got so excited I was afraid I might die or something.”Dr. Katalin KarikóBiochemist who pioneered mRNA, the technology behind the successful COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna. The Ar
“I interested Miss Alice Ball… in the chemical problem of obtaining… the active agents in the oil of chaulmoogra. After a great deal of experimental work, Miss Ball solved the problem.”Dr. Harry Hollmann Writing about chemist Alice Ball and
“It’s definitely an old boys’ club, and so obviously for us coming in as opposite, we definitely were looked at as not just not belonging, but really incapable of being successful.”Robin McBrideCo-founded McBride Sisters Wine Company with A
“It is never a waste to try something and fail.”Masako “Ma-chan” Wakamiya (若宮正子)Octogenarian app developerThe Artwork:Ma-chan’s portrait in the Fearless Portraits project consists of an Ink drawing on a map of Kanagawa, the prefecture sh
“I do not like that the front pockets of girls jeans are fake.”Kamryn GardnerFirst grader who asked Old Navy to make jeans with pockets The Artwork:Gardner’s portrait in the Fearless Portraits project consists of an Ink drawing of her
“There is only one thing worse than coming from the lab to a sink full of dirty dishes and that is not going to the lab at all.”Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu (吳健雄)Experimental physicist, known as the “First Lady of Physics”The Artwork:Wu’s portr
“Economics should be about caring for real people.”Janet YellenFirst female Secretary of the TreasuryFirst female Chair of the Federal ReserveChair of the Council of Economic AdvisorsFirst person to hold all three rolesThe Artwork:Yel
“If you are independent, you will never be afraid to be alone or to leave a job.” Brenda LandauBusinesswomanThe Art:Brenda’s portrait in the Fearless Portrait project consists of an ink drawing of her, on a map of Guatemala. Her hometown
“Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.”Maggie KuhnElder rights activist & founder of the Gray PanthersThe Artwork:Maggie Kuhn’s portrait in the Fearless Portrait project consists of an ink drawing of her Ink drawing on a map of Phi
“I classify my research as where equity meets science. The people who are really going to need [smart sutures] will not be able to afford them. So, I decided to make something cost-effective.”Dasia TaylorInventorThe artworkDasia Taylor’s
“My office hours are any and all hours of the day and night.”Dr. Susan La Flesche PicotteFirst Native American to earn a medical degree The Artwork:Picotte’s portrait in the Fearless Portrait project consists of an Ink drawing of her n
“When you have a diverse team, you get different perspectives that help you succeed. It’s about having a team that has lots of ideas and grabbing the best one—that’s what diversity brings you.”Admiral Michelle HowardHighest ranking female off
“Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.”Cornelia “Corrie” ten BoomMember of the Dutch resistance, evangelist, and authorArtwork:Ten Boom’s portrait in the Fearless Portrai
“If you’re so proud of America’s history, look at the downsides too. Own it just like you own how we won the Revolutionary War.”Iris Haq-LukolyoFifth grade studentThe artwork:Iris Haq-Lukolyo’s portrait in the Fearless Portrait project
“I longed to arrest all beauty that came before me.” Julia Margaret CameronPhotographerThe artwork:Ink drawing on a map of the Island of Wight, UK, based on a self portrait by Julia Cameron. Her home in Freshwater is located on the left
“If I perish, I perish.”Queen EstherBiblical queen of PersiaThe Artwork:Esther’s portrait in the Fearless Portrait project consists of an Ink drawing of her on an 1843 map of Persia and surrounding region. The portrait is based on 19th
“People said I should be banned from posting photos of myself because I’m too ugly. So, I’d just like to commemorate the occasion with these 3 selfies.”Melissa BlakeWriter and disabilities activist The Artwork:Blake’s portrait in the Fearl
“You can be whatever you set your heart and head to be, and don’t let anybody tell you can’t be, because 1,078 women pilots did it in WWII.”Annelle Henderson BulechekAviator, WASPArtwork:To represent the WASPs in in the Fearless Port
“There was no choice but to be a pioneer.”Margaret HamiltonMother of software engineeringArtwork:Hamilton’s portrait in the Fearless Portrait project is based on an iconic photograph of her standing next to a stack of binders about as ta
“Lozen is as my right hand, strong as a man, braver than most, and cunning in strategy. Lozen is a shield to her people.” Victorio, Apache chief and brother of Lozen, warrior and medicine womanThe Artwork:Lozen’s portrait in the Fearles
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