The sitter in The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword runs her own feminist literary zine, and chose to wear all white in line with the history of 'suffragette white'...
The sitter in The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword runs her own feminist literary zine, and chose to wear all white in line with the history of 'suffragette white' as a political statement. She also sits surrounded by her extensive personal library, a nod to the title of the work.