Born Mishawaka, Indiana, November 12, 1854
Died Seattle, March 30, 1915
Educated at St. Mary's Academy, South Bend, Indiana
Studied art at San Francisco School of Design, receiving gold medals in drawing and in painting
Married Herbert Foote Beecher, son of Henry Ward Beecher and nephew of Harriet Beecher Stowe, in Seattle, November 30, 1881
According to the artist's entry in "Woman's Who's Who of America . . . 1914-1915," she had "the frist art studio in Seattle and gave the first instruction in drawing and painting there in 1881." See entry in object file.
Seattle Art Museum respectfully acknowledges that we are on Indigenous land, the traditional territories of the Coast Salish people. We honor our ongoing connection to these communities past, present, and future.
