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Artist Jo Napier has interviewed the Internet’s seminal thinkers and pioneers for PBS documentaries and a book, Technology With Curves (Harper Collins). Her research, and a growing sense of responsibility to show her daughter the 'female face' of innovation, led to her first Great Woman portrait collection, acquired by The Royal Bank for their national art collection, and th2023 launch of The Great Women Portrait Project. Great Women portraits now hang in the public and professional spaces from coast to coast, including offices of Sanofi Pharmaceuticals, Lockheed Martin Canada, Women in Nuclear (Canada), universities, libraries and medical schools.

The first U.S. woman to join the project:

Frances 'Poppy' Northcutt, the first female engineer in NASA's Mission Control. You can watch a great interview with Poppy here. Or find out more about The Great Women Portrait Project here.

Find a complete backgrounder here, with contact information for some early project participants.