An ardent tennis player and cyclist, Austen’s photographs reflect her worldview. She often photographed men and women who disrupted gender norms of the time and women in intimate poses. Among the ...
A bold headline was displayed across the front page of The Courier Journal on Oct. 11, 1934: “$50,000 FOR MRS. B.V. STOLL IS DEMANDED BY HER KIDNAPPER.” That day, the family of 26-year-old Alice Speed ...