“I fit into the under-recognized older women artists. My work is particularly difficult because you cannot put it in a box and say, ‘Okay, she was a feminist. Okay, she was an environmentalist. Okay, she was a humanist. Okay, she was an ecumenical spiritual seeker. Okay, she was an intellectual.’ It’s all of the above. Does that mean I am disqualified from the canon?” – Beth Ames Swartz.