The Changing Role of Women Throughout Art

By EricaAnne712

  • The Reader

    The Reader
    Mary Cassatt
    oil on canvas
    Cassat only portrayed upper-class women in domestic spaces.

  • World War I begins

  • World War I ends

  • World War II begins

  • Day Shift

    Day Shift
    Francis Criss
    oil on canvas

  • World War 11 ends

  • Supine Woman

    Supine Woman
    Wayne Thiebaud
    oil on canvas

  • "The Feminine Mystique" is published

    "The Feminine Mystique" is published
    The nonfiction book, written by Betty Friedan, is published. This book is widely credited with inspiring the beginning of second-wave feminisim in the United States.