Violet Oakley
Illustrator
(1874 - 1961)
Violet Oakley was the first American woman to receive a public mural commission. During the first quarter of the twentieth century, she was renowned as a pathbreaker in mural decoration, a field that had been exclusively practiced by men. Oakley excelled at murals and stained glass designs that addressed themes from history and literature in Renaissance-revival styles.
Bibliography
Evangeline (1897)
Longfellow’s poem deals with a French Canadian love story.
Jessie Willcox Smith