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Cahun, who was involved in Paris theatre in the 20s, often took self-portraits in full costume, including masks, and became many different characters throughout the course of her artistic career.

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Cahun faced struggles early in life. When she was four, her mother was institutionalized, and she often faced anti-Semitism. However, she began writing and taking self-portraits, finding her life's purpose. She became successful and happy despite a rough beginning, proving that storm will pass if you persevere through it.

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"Heroines," Cahun's first book, was a series of monologues from the point of view of several famous female characters, including Helen of Troy and Cinderella.

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Cahun defied Nazi authority and fought for her beliefs, even in the face of imprisonment or death. Her actions serve as a reminder that it is important to stand up against oppression and hatred in whatever way one can.

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Cahun was always her authentic self in a time where being Jewish and not traditionally feminine was dangerous. She embraced her identity in the face of oppression, and her courage has inspired me to embrace both my differences and other people's.

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Cahun assumed a variety of personas for her self-portraits, and disregarded the strict social norms that dictated how a woman should look and dress in the early twentieth century.

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Claude Cahun was a French surrealist photographer and author who fought against Nazi occupation of her home through her art. Though she died in 1954, nine years after being freed from imprisonment, she lives on in her work, especially her plethora of self-portraits.

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Cahun and her long-term partner, Marcel Moore, fled to the island of Jersey after the Nazis invaded France. When Nazi occupation began in Jersey as well, the two women started an avant-garde art resistance, spreading leaflets and poems that ridiculed and criticized Nazi ideology.

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Cahun's second book, "Disavowals: Or Cancelled Confessions," explores her personal identity and sense of self, as well as concepts of gender. She referred to the book as her "anti-memoir."