Daile Kaplan, Swann's Vice President & Director of Photography,
recently curated an online exhibition of photographs
for the
National Women's History Museum. Co-curated with Donna Henes
and featuring images from the Kaplan-Henes Photographs Collection,
Daring Dames
offers photos of women "who have demonstrated curiosity about the
larger world and remarkable resourcefulness in their ability to navigate
in it".
The images range from a female sharpshooter taking a shot in a 1920s Wild West show to a group of women ambulance drivers in WWI, whose job was transporting injured soldiers from the trenches to medical care, to protesters at the building site of a housing project in
the 1960s.
In addition to these unknown heroes of women's rights, there are also photographs
of Amelia Earhart, Grandma Moses and Helen Keller. In a statement, the
co-curators said, "The exhibition celebrates the spirit of adventure and indefatigable
determination of these daring dames to manifest their wildest American
dreams. These pioneering women are an inspiration to all of us."
The National Women's History Museum is a Washington, DC-based organization that
affirms the value of knowing Women's History, illuminates the role of
women in transforming society and encourages all people, women and men,
to participate in democratic dialogue about our future. The Museum
regularly releases new
online exhibits, and topics include women Olympians, Filmmakers, the Suffrage movement and women in wartime.
