May stevens biography
May Stevens (June 9, – December 9, ) was an American feminist artist, political activist, educator, and writer.!
May Stevens was an American feminist artist, political activist, educator, and writer.
May Stevens
American artist, educator, writer, and political activist (1924–2019)
This article is about the American artist and political activist. For the English singer-songwriter, see Mae Stephens.
May Stevens (June 9, 1924 – December 9, 2019)[1] was an American feminist artist, political activist, educator, and writer.[2]
Early life and education
May Stevens was born in Boston to working-class parents, Alice Dick Stevens and Ralph Stanley Stevens, and grew up in Quincy, Massachusetts.[2] She had one brother, Stacey Dick Stevens, who died of pneumonia at the age of fifteen.[2] By Stevens's account, her father expressed his racism at home but "never said these things publicly, nor did he act on them—to my knowledge.
But he said them over and over."[3]
Stevens earned a B.F.A. at the Massachusetts College of Art (1946), and studied at the Académie Julian in Paris (1948) and Art Students League in New York City (1948).
