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Born: 1/24 1892 Topeka, Kansas
Died: 3/28 1988 Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Married: Harold Speakman on July 5, 1925.

Studied under:

• F.V. DuMond at Art Students League
• J. James
• Art Institute of Chicago
• New York School of Applied Design
• Fontainebleau School of Fine Art, France
  (Awarded prize at Annual Exhibit, 1932)

Best known for murals:

• New York City Public Schools, 1934 & 1938 (under WPA grant)
• Fairy Story Panels, Children's Ward, Eye Institute,
  Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, NYC. (1933?)

Member of the National Society of Mural Painters.