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Word: craftswoman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Prime mover behind the new museum is the recently widowed Mrs. Vanderbilt Webb, 64, who thought that the first week's warm reception was a good indication of "what a big need the museum is going to fill." Richly endowed with cash* and energy. Craftswoman Webb started her crusade for handicrafts back in the Depression '305 as a home-based relief project, later founded the nonprofit American Craftsmen's Council, which started its own craft training school (now part of Rochester Institute of Technology), its own magazine (Craft Horizons; circ. 15,000), and Manhattan's America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: A Cousin Arrives | 10/8/1956 | See Source »

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