2012 Sackler Center First Awards: Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Channel: Brooklyn Museum
Date: 14/11/2012

Wilhelmina Cole Holladay is the cofounder and chairman of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the first museum devoted exclusively to women artists, which she established in 1981. She was awarded the United States' National Medal of Arts and is in the National Women's Hall of Fame.

On Wednesday, April 18, 2012, fifteen extraordinary women who are first in their fields were honored with Sackler Center First Awards. The event commemorated the fifth anniversary of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, the first center within an art museum to be devoted to the exhibition and study of feminist art. The event was presented by Elizabeth A. Sackler and Gloria Steinem and hosted by Soledad O'Brien and Laura Flanders. The award was designed by Judy Chicago. Video courtesy of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation.