Author: Mireille Miller, Art Teacher

Mireille Miller is a professional painter who has been teaching art to elementary grades since 1996. She studied art at The Art Students League of NY, The School of Visual Arts and New York University. At Bank Street College, she followed an intensive program on teaching art to children. Mireille recently completed "Leading the Way: A Tribute to Women of the 20th Century", a triptych on women of the 20th Century and their important contributions to humanity. The triptych was exhibited in 2006 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

Celebrating a Centennial of Suffrage – Women Leading the Way

“Who was the first woman in your family to vote?” This is the question that Women Leading the Way, an art, history, and storytelling project, asked over 300 high school students from across America, challenging them to delve into the history of the fight for suffrage while connecting it to

Women Leading the Way

A century ago, tens of thousands of women took to the streets of New York City in what was then the largest rally for women’s suffrage of its kind. Stretching nearly five miles along Fifth Avenue, the Parade brought New York City to a standstill, and became the crowning point