Sarah Sears was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, into a prominent Boston family. Trained as a painter, she received prizes for her watercolors…She began taking photographs in the 1890s, and pursued a photographic career between 1900 and 1909. ~icp.org

In July 1902, Camera Notes, the periodical [Alfred Stieglitz] edited, ran a photogravure of her image Charcoal Effect…Stieglitz invited Devens to become a member of his elite group, the Photo-Secession, and included her work in its first show at New York’s National Arts Club in 1902. ~Luminous-Lint

Rose Clark (1852–1942) and Elizabeth Flint Wade (1849–1915) were late 19th-century/early 20th-century American photographers. They are best known for the photographs they exhibited under their joint names, either as “Rose Clark and Elizabeth Flint Wade” or as “Misses Clark and Wade”.
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Sarah James Eddy (May 3, 1851 – March 29, 1945) was an American artist and photographer who specialized in the platinotype process, also known as platinum prints. She was active in abolition, reform, and suffragist movements, and was a philanthropist as well as instrumental in the founding of the Rhode Island Humane Society. ~Wikipedia

As the nineteenth century drew to a close, Catharine Weed Barnes Ward had established herself as a tireless champion of women photographers. Photography had been long regarded as an exclusive ‘men only’ profession, and some male society and club members threatened to resign if women were granted admittance. Mrs. Ward fired back that these societies should offer women “a fair field and no favor,” and that photography should ultimately be judged by the quality of the work and not the gender of the photographer. ~ http://historiccamera.com/