Great story about yet another "forgotten" woman artist, Emmy Lou Packard. Many thanks to Natalia Iacobelli for shining a light on her story.

https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/the-art-and-activism-of-emmy-lou-packard/

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The Art and Activism of Emmy Lou Packard

Emmy Lou Packard was a 20th-century painter, printmaker, and activist whose work dealt with themes of inequality and social justice. She is best known for being chief assistant to the great muralist Diego Rivera and long-time confidant of Frida Kahlo.

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#Mexico's history told by #muralPaintings at the National Museum of History in the so called Chapultepec Castle