Frida Kahlo: Artist and Activist

Gateway Biographies

by Matt Doeden

Decades after her death, Mexican artist Frida Kahlo remains an icon for Chicanos as well as for the feminist and LGBTQ+ movements. Read about her life as an artist and political activist.

48 pages, ebook

Published January 1, 2020

About the author

Matt Doeden was born in southern Minnesota and lived parts of his childhood in Golden Valley, Minnesota, and Madison, Minnesota. He studied journalism at Mankato State University, where he worked at the college newspaper for three years. In his senior year, he served as the paper's Sports Editor, which put him in charge of the entire sports section, the sports writers, and the photographers. He covered mostly college sports, but also the Minnesota Vikings, who held training camp at MSU.

His work allowed him to meet and interview people like Dennis Green, Cris Carter, Robert Smith, and more. Matt went on to work as a sports writer for the Mankato paper, and then he got a job as an editor with a small children's publisher called Capstone Press, and in 2003 he decided to start his own business as a freelance writer and editor.

Since then, Matt has written and edited hundreds of books. Lots of them are on high-interest topics like cars, sports, and airplanes. He also writes and edits on geography, science, and even math.

Reviews

[Claire Martinez · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is not an introduction in true form to Frida. It is more of a short timeline of her life with some of her art work, very little is really told about the details of her life. Pretty book, just not what I was thinking it would be. I also read the ebook, wouldn’t recommend in this format.

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple introduction to Frida Kahlo's life.