The Passion of Perfection — Vail Polos Fairfield Porter

Fairfield Porter

Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies at Western Michigan University

William Wegman: Hello Nature at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art

a talent that wins him a place at a brutal academy for Hitler Youth

This loss of apparent meaning (who gave you your name

The Passion of Perfection — Vail Polos Fairfield PorterBy June Vail Professor of Dance Emerita The edelweiss pin at Gertrudes throat signifies her Swiss American heritage and her autonomy as a woman activist. Gertrudes lifes work is perfecting humankind, morally and socially. Confronting Gilded Age double standards, she advocates for sex education, marriage equality and voluntary motherhood. After she marries, Gertrude leaves Washington DC to explore opportunities in Boston, Maine, and Switzerland. But