Episode 586
The provided text is an excerpt from a Wikipedia article dedicated to the American painter and printmaker, Mary Cassatt (1844–1926). It offers a comprehensive biographical and critical overview of her life and artistic career, detailing her privileged upbringing, early art education at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and subsequent move to France. The text extensively covers her association with the Impressionism movement—particularly her influential relationship with Edgar Degas—and highlights her role as a proponent of the "New Woman" through her independence and artistic focus on the intimate domestic lives of women and children. Finally, the source touches upon her later life, legacy, and significant recognition, including her induction into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
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