Category: Women’s History

Illustrating Women’s Work: Early Maps of the Women’s Bureau

November 26, 2024

Posted by: Meagan Snow

Learn about the early history of the Women's Bureau, including the maps they produced to make the case for establishing standards for women in the workplace.

Posted in: 20th century cartography, American History, Women's History

A Work of Art: Ingeborg Brun’s Manuscript Globe

August 14, 2024

Posted by: Cynthia Smith

This post describes a manuscript globe of Mars that was created during the early 20th century by the self-taught Danish astronomer Emmy Ingeborg Brun.

Posted in: 19th century cartography, 20th century cartography, Biography, Women's History