The Women Who Founded RISD: "What a beginning is worth" The Women's Centennial Committee of Rhode Island and the Founding of RISD, 1875-1877

The first design schools in America were founded by women, for women. The Women Who Founded RISD introduces the remarkable leaders who established the Rhode Island School of Design in 1877 to upskill women for a rapidly changing industrial economy. These founders took women who already believed in the power of design and showed them how to monetize their skills within the professional workplace. The challenges they overcame provide a vital blueprint for today's tech-driven environment, wher...