Alice Beach Winter

[1] Along with her education, the unique environment and time-period that Winter grew up in influenced her desire to participate in the suffrage movement.

During this post-Civil War period, Winter found community with other white, middle-class American women of the time such as Nina Allender, Blanche Ames, and Cornelia Barns.

[8] During some summers in Gloucester they also were joined various artist friends they had such as John Sloan, Robert Henri, Leon Kroll, A.T. Hibbard, W.L.

[7] During their life together, both Alice and Charles were fortunate enough to be able to dedicate almost all of their efforts to their art, thanks to lucrative contracts from various magazines throughout the Eastern United States.

[9] Winter's contributions to the suffrage movement were significant, and her illustrations were frequently featured in political magazines such as The Masses.

Winter's illustrations played a crucial role in conveying these messages and advocating for social and political change.

During the early 1900s, the rapid advancement of technology made spreading information through magazines and newspapers an increasingly powerful tool for reaching the public in a quick and captivating manner.

Winter recognized the significance of this and contributed her illustrations to political magazines, helping to spread awareness of feminist and ideals to a broader audience.

Through her illustrations, Alice Beach Winter made a lasting impact on the suffrage movement, helping to pave the way for future generations of women.

[12] In addition to her many paintings of the Gloucester shores, Winter also spent some time in Pasadena, California, where she created impressionistic works such as Almond Trees.

Winter played a large part in boosting this figure for women, with girls being at the center stage of many of her works, such as He ain’t got no stockin’s he’s poorer nor me.

Even though these people of color were not necessarily included in positions of authority or power, it was still a landmark change and step forward in this genre of art.

Political cartoons, posters, illustrations, and paintings exhilarated the push for gender equality throughout the United States.