Paula Modersohn-Becker: The First Modern Woman Artist

Paula Modersohn-Becker: The First Modern Woman Artist, by Diane Radycki, relates the personal story and artistic history of a woman that has much to offer today's audiences. Radycki's book, which had its origins in a Harvard Ph.D. dissertation, sees Modersohn-Becker as a pioneer and groundbreaker who was trying to navigate "having it all." Born in 1876 (she died in 1907), Modersohn-Becker's childhood ran parallel to what Radycki terms the national debate "about women's access to higher education...