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Re: 1950s sculptors and sculptresses
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Stephen Nowlin <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 13 Aug 1996 12:09:20 -0800
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David Haberstich wrote:

> Sculptress is a strange word? No stranger than actress, lioness,
>abbess, stewardess...

What's an abbess?  I always wondered, why didn't we have lawyeress,
doctoress, airline pilotess, or bus driveress before the age of
ess-enlightenment?



Stephen Nowlin
Vice President
Director, Williamson Gallery
Art Center College of Design
1700 Lida Street
Pasadena, CA 91103 USA (818)396-2397  fax (818)405-9104 [log in to unmask]

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