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The Reconstructionists: a yearlong celebration of remarkable women who have changed how we see the world

The Reconstructionists, a collaboration between illustrator Lisa Congdon and writer Maria Popova, is a yearlong celebration of remarkable women — beloved artists, writers, and scientists, as well as notable unsung heroes — who have changed the way we define ourselves as a culture and live our lives as individuals of any gender.

Every Monday in 2013, we'll be publishing an illustrated portrait of one such trailblazing woman, along with a hand-lettered quote that captures her spirit and a short micro-essay about her life and legacy.

Can be followed via tumblr.

From yesterday's post on Ursula Nordstrom:

Watercolor portrait of Ursula Nordstrom with quote 'That is the creative artist -a penalty of the creative artist - wanting to make order out of chaos. The rest of us plain people just accept disorder (if we even recognize it) and get a bang out of our five beautiful sense, if we're lucky'

Watercolor portrait of Ursula Nordstrom with quote 'That is the creative artist -a penalty of the creative artist - wanting to make order out of chaos. The rest of us plain people just accept disorder (if we even recognize it) and get a bang out of our five beautiful sense, if we're lucky'

This anecdote captures the essence of [Ursula] Nordstrom’s character – brilliant and wise and relentlessly respectful of the inner lives of children – and the kind of zest with which she reined in the golden age of mid-century children’s literature in her three decades heading Harper & Row’s juvenile books division.

Project Rec: The Reconstructionists

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