With the elections tomorrow, and so much of the talk centering around the rights of women, I thought I thought it would be nice to post a medley of portraits that showcase women’s strength, beauty, and femininity over the last century or so.
![Modiglian -Young-Redhead](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Modiglian-Young-Redhead.jpg?resize=400%2C634&ssl=1)
Amedeo Modigliani Young Red Head in an Evening Dress, 1918
![Salvador-Dalí-Woman-at-the-Window-at-Figueres-1926](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Salvadore-Dali-girl-window.jpg?resize=400%2C564&ssl=1)
Salvador Dalí Woman at the Window at Figueres, 1926
![two-girls-beach](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/two-girls-beach.jpg?resize=400%2C600&ssl=1)
unidentified
![women-kissing-black-and-white-fashion-photography-Terry-Richardson](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/women-kissing-black-and-white-fashion-photography.jpg?resize=400%2C560&ssl=1)
Terry Richardson for Purple Magazine
![STEPHEN-POLING-No-Shoes-2008](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/STEPHEN-POLING-No-Shoes-2008.jpg?resize=366%2C500&ssl=1)
Stephen Poling No Shoes, 2008
![ray-cesear-2008](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ray-cesear-2008-e1352132166158.jpeg?resize=500%2C416&ssl=1)
Ray Cesear Mourning Glory, 2008
![Richard-Diebenkorn-sleeping-woman-1961](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Richard-Diebenkorn.jpg?resize=331%2C400&ssl=1)
Richard Diebenkorn Sleeping Woman, 1961
![Ramon-Casas-i-Carbo-preparing-the-bath](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Ramon-Casas-i-Carbo.jpg?resize=289%2C400&ssl=1)
Ramon Casas i Carbó (1866-1932) Preparing the Bath
![tony-vevers-woman-shower](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tony-vevers-woman-shower.jpg?resize=500%2C358&ssl=1)
Tony Vevers
![John-Currin-Rachel-Feinstein-sunglasses](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/John-Currin-Rachel-Feinstein-sunglasses.jpg?resize=300%2C400&ssl=1)
John Currin Rachel in Fur, 2002
![japanese-women-in-bath](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/japanese-women-in-bath.jpg?resize=336%2C418&ssl=1)
Ogura Yuki Bathing Women, 1938
![Jared-Katz-truro](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Jared-Katz-truro.jpg?resize=300%2C227&ssl=1)
Jared Katz Untitled, 2009
![michael-carson-](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/michael-carson--e1352133930773.jpeg?resize=400%2C533&ssl=1)
Michael Carson
![sidney-simon](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/sidney-simon-e1352137219276.jpg?resize=350%2C504&ssl=1)
Sidney Simon (1917-1997) The Red Bathrobe
![Portrait of a Woman in White, Frida Kahlo](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Portrait-of-a-Woman-in-White-Frida-Kahlo.jpg?resize=400%2C596&ssl=1)
Frida Kahlo Portrait of a Woman in White, ca. 1929
![Liza Kotova photographed by Eugenia Bazarovaw](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Liza-Kotova-photographed-by-Eugenia-Bazarovaw-e1352133167927.jpeg?resize=400%2C599&ssl=1)
Eugenia Bazarovaw Liza Kotova, 2012
![Jan-Sluijters-Greet-Rob-and-Liesje-in-the-bathroom](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Jan-Sluijters-Greet-Rob-and-Liesje-in-the-bathroom.jpg?resize=450%2C494&ssl=1)
Jan Sluijters Rob and Liesje in the Bathroom, 1949
![jordan-sullivan-photo](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/jordan-sullivan-photo.jpg?resize=370%2C464&ssl=1)
Jordan Sullivan
![Hope-Gangloff](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Hope-Gangloff.jpg?resize=400%2C587&ssl=1)
Hope Gangloff
![Mary Ellen Strom; Nude No. 4, Andrea Hendrickson](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Mary-Ellen-Strom-Nude-No.-4-Andrea-Hendrickson.jpg?resize=400%2C513&ssl=1)
Mary Ellen Strom Nude No. 4, Andrea-Hendrickson, ca. 2010
![alessandro-gottardo-diving-board](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/alessandro-gottardo-diving-board.jpg?resize=400%2C560&ssl=1)
Alessandro Gottardo
![Milton Avery](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Milton-Avery-.jpg?resize=345%2C525&ssl=1)
Milton Avery Sunday Morning, 1962
![Henri-Matisse-The-French-Window-at-Nice-1919](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Henri-Matisse.jpg?resize=400%2C590&ssl=1)
Henri Matisse The French Window at Nice, 1919
![Elizabeth Peyton, L.A. (E.P.), 2004](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Elizabeth-Peyton.jpg?resize=400%2C507&ssl=1)
Elizabeth Peyton, L.A. (E.P.), 2004
![Elizabeth-Mayville-Top-Knot](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Elizabeth-Mayville-Top-Knot.jpg?resize=400%2C505&ssl=1)
Elizabeth Mayville Top Knot
![Elisa Johns Bout of Excess](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Elisa-Johns-Bout-of-Excess.jpg?resize=307%2C500&ssl=1)
Elisa Johns Marie at Tea, ca. 2006
![olef hajek-masked-women](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/olef-hajek-masked-women1.jpg?resize=400%2C497&ssl=1)
Olef Hajek
![edward-hopper-woman-on-bed](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/edward-hopper-woman-on-bed.jpg?resize=500%2C375&ssl=1)
Edward Hopper Morning Sun, 1952
![Joyce-Tenneson=Photography](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/By-Joyce-Tenneson.jpg?resize=400%2C473&ssl=1)
Joyce Tenneson
![Balthus](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Balthus1.jpg?resize=400%2C582&ssl=1)
Balthasar Klossowski (Balthus) Alice dans le miroir, 1933
![annie-leibovitz-gwyneth-paltrow-blythe-danner-mother-daughter](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/annie-leibovitz-gwyneth-paltrow-blythe-danner-mother-daughter.jpg?resize=311%2C400&ssl=1)
Annie Leibovitz, Gwyneth Paltrow and Mother Blythe Danner
![derek-lam-10-crosby](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/derek-lam-10-crosby.jpeg?resize=400%2C600&ssl=1)
Derek Lam 10 Crosby Street
![chair-pjs-vogue](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/chair-pjs-vogue1.jpg?resize=400%2C420&ssl=1)
Inslee Haynes
![Ming Xi by Billy Nava for Glass Magazine, Fall 2012](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Ming-Xi-by-Billy-Nava-for-Glass-Magazine-Fall-20121.jpg?resize=400%2C600&ssl=1)
Billy Nava Ming Xi for Glass Magazine, 2012
![clare-elsaesser-nude-woman-with-pillow-over-face](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/clare-elsaesser-nude-woman-with-pillow-over-face.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Claire Elsaesser Three
![Andres-Marroquin-woman-in-white-unmade-bed](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Andres-Marroquin-woman-in-white-unmade-bed.jpg?resize=450%2C364&ssl=1)
Andres Marroquin
![red-hair-girl](https://i0.wp.com/stylecarrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/red-hair-girl.jpg?resize=400%2C595&ssl=1)
unidentified