2020 marks 100 years since women gained the right to vote. Women were part of the shaping of our nation long before that – as Abigail Adams wrote to John, “Remember the ladies.” This year, we want to do exactly that. Who are the women who have shaped our arts and cultural community in Greater Philadelphia? How have they left their indelible mark?

The Cultural Alliance is working on a project celebrating the Women of Arts and Culture. Famous founders and unsung heroines. The women who broke new ground and the women who kept things going. They all helped our field to evolve - long ago, in living memory and today.

We need your help in nominating the women who have inspired you! 

Please take a few moments to nominate trans and cis women whom you feel have made an impact upon arts and culture in our region.

To start your thinking, here are three broad categories:

• Pathbreakers & Visionaries – Women founders; women who broke ground in leadership roles; women who paved the way for others.
• Artists & Culture Creators – Women who created art and cultural expressions in every form: artists, actors, authors, playwrights, musicians and more. This also includes collectors or curators who have had a major impact on shaping our view of art and innovators of our cultural traditions.
• Patrons & Culture Bearers – Women have been powerful both as donors providing financial support and by playing key roles to sustain or shape arts and cultural traditions. Perhaps they led arts and culture organizations or were the glue that kept an organization together, finding a way forward despite the odds.

Please feel free to submit as many nominations as you like using a separate submission form for each nomination.