<img width="640" height="841" src="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/253212_bd1b2079c0082d08_b-700x920.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Image features an unpublished title page design for the book, Occupations of Women and Their Compensation. Please scroll down to read the blog post about this object." style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/253212_bd1b2079c0082d08_b-700x920.jpg 700w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/253212_bd1b2079c0082d08_b-228x300.jpg 228w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/253212_bd1b2079c0082d08_b-170x223.jpg 170w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/253212_bd1b2079c0082d08_b.jpg 779w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="31910" data-permalink="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2018/11/14/a-priestess-of-book-design/253212_bd1b2079c0082d08_b/" data-orig-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/253212_bd1b2079c0082d08_b.jpg" data-orig-size="779,1024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="253212_bd1b2079c0082d08_b" data-image-description="<p>A woman in a black dress, with gold bands across her chest and a medallion at the center with the letters AT, stands holding an open book with a gold cover. A crown of three gold flower blossoms appears on top of her red hair. Flanking the woman are two tall black torches with gold flames. Green scrolled vines are intertwined around the torches and overlap with the woman in the foreground. Above the woman the following text appears in black: OCCUPATIONS OF WOMEN AND THEIR COMPENSATION.</p>" data-medium-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/253212_bd1b2079c0082d08_b-228x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/253212_bd1b2079c0082d08_b-700x920.jpg" />The career of Alice Cordelia Morse reflects the changing role of women in art and society in the late 19th century. Morse was able to achieve success in many artistic fields, designing book covers, illustrations, and stained glass, while also experimenting with other decorative media such as china painting and needlework. Although this title-page design was...
