A reinterpretation of The Dinner Party
The centerpiece of “The Supper Club: A reinterpretation of The Dinner Party, based on local history,” a project by students in Krista Grensavitch’s “The History of Women in America" course. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Dickey Chapelle, a photojournalist born in Milwaukee in 1919, was the subject of junior McKenna Sandberg’s work. Chapelle was killed by a booby-trap while on assignment in Vietnam in 1965. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Anna Woerishofer, a junior, studied Golda Meir, who moved to Milwaukee from Kiev, Ukraine, as a girl in 1906. Exposed to Zionism in her teens, Meir served as Israel's prime minister 1969-1974. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Sophomore Riley Bohage chose American suffrage leader Carrie Chapman Catt, who was born in Ripon, Wisconsin, in 1859. She twice served as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. (UWM Photo/Greg Walz-Chojnacki)
Senior Adriana Ramirez researched Charlotte Partidge, who founded what became the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Lauren Kotowski, a senior, presented Milwaukee attorney and legislator Vel Phillips, known for her work opposing discrimination in housing, education and employment. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Susan Wicklund, born in rural Wisconsin near Grantsburg, was the subject of sophomore Katie Naud's place setting. Wickland became a physician and author of “This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor.” (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Sophomore Emily Murphy celebrated the life of Kate Pelham Newcomb, a physician who served northern Wisconsin communities in the 1930s, '40s and ‘50s. (UWM Photo/Greg Walz-Chojnacki)
Junior Me Htway, did her piece on Kathy Kuehn, a book artist, graphic designer and proprietor of Salient Seedling Press. (UWM Photo/Greg Walz-Chojnacki)
