Colette Justine
Colette Justine better known as Colette and from 2001 Colette Lumiere (born 1952 in Tunis, Tunisia) is a French-born, American multimedia artist known for her pioneering work in performance art, street art and her use of photography constructed photograph. She is also known for her work exploring male and female gender roles, different guises and personas and for her soft fabric environments where she often appears as the central element.
Marie Couvent
Marie Bernard Couvent (c. 1757 – June 28, 1837), also known as Justin Fervin, Maria Gabriel Bernard Couvent, and Marie Justine Cirnaire, was an African-American woman known and remembered for her philanthropy. Born in West Africa, and shipped to Saint-Domingue as a slave, Couvent nonetheless obtained her freedom and lived in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she married, accumulated property and wealth (including slaves), and eventually died. She is best known for dedicating the property that would be used to construct the Institute Catholique to that purpose in her will.