JUNE 12: TODAY'S INSPIRING WOMEN

Djuna Barnes

Djuna Barnes, an artist and journalist, author of Nightwood, was born today in 1892. Nightwood is a cult classic of lesbian fiction and an important work of modernist literature.


Anni Albers

Anni Albers, a textile artist and printmaker, had the first textile art show at the Museum of Modern Art in 1949. She was born today in 1899.