This illustration accompanies Ruth Terry's New York Times article of the 29th of October 2020 on being an active bystander when encountering casual racism.
This illustration accompanies Ruth Terry's New York Times article of the 29th of October 2020 on being an active bystander when encountering casual racism.
This illustration accompanies Ruth Terry's New York Times article of the 29th of October 2020 on being an active bystander when encountering casual racism.
This illustration accompanies Ruth Terry's New York Times article of the 29th of October 2020 on being an active bystander when encountering casual racism.
Forgotten Women
2018, vector art
Client: Octopus Books
Forgotten Women is a book series written by Zing Tsjeng and published by Octopus Publishing Group in London.
The series is comprised of four books of about women scientists, leaders, writers and artists
across time and their often overlooked accomplishments.
I illustrated fourteen portraits of these creative women.
Leaders: Queen Amina, Tomyris, Mary Ann McCracken and the Mirabal Sisters
Scientists: Tapputi, Sophie Germain, Lise Meitner and Dorothy Hodgkin
Writers: Rashid Jahan, Radclyffe Hall and Dorothy Todd
Artists: Fahrelnissa Zeid, Sylvia Sleigh and Meta Warrick Fuller