Wisdom Gatherers

56″ x 44″ Frances was born in her grandmother’s house, far out in the countryside, Cochise County, AZ. She graduated high school at 16, left home, worked to earn money & put herself through nursing school; then worked as charge nurse for 10-11 hr shifts at MarinShip, during WWII. She was paid the same amount […]

56″ x 43″ Vivian was born in Manhattan NY in 1925 to a Vassar grad/part-time writer/homemaker, and a renowned & beloved pediatrician at Mt. Sinai Hospital. She was the youngest of three, went to private school from kindergarten through grade 12 which was a big influence on her as it featured the arts, and self-expression. […]

54″ x 43.5″ Dorothy was born in 1928, on a rural farm in Iowa; the 2nd of 5 children. Her education took her to many schools in IA, CA and ultimately Europe, where she earned a masters from the American University of Beirut; with an advanced degree in Educational Psychology. Her milestones include loss of home […]

54.5″ x 47″ Fraternal twins Ellen and Carol were born in Utica, NY in 1938; the second and third child of a tool/die maker; machine shop instructor, and a homemaker/head of a nursery school. They had an older sister, Janet. They both graduated from university at a time when young women often married without attending […]