The confident gaze of this Art Nouveau woman stopped me immediately. She is saying, I am here, I exist and on my terms. A short moment and movement, it was an epoch that celebrated the femme nouvelle who rejected conventional ideals of being a woman. Seeking a voice and having a presence in the arts, academia, sports and life in general. It was the era of cycling, moving out of corsets, early birth control and a female revolution. We are women!
