#WomensHistoryMonth at #SaintGaudensNHP
Annetta Johnson St. Gaudens (1869-1943), sculptor and sister-in-law of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, was among the women of the Cornish Art Colony who belonged to the Mothers’ and Daughters’ Club of Plainfield, New Hampshire. The Mothers’ and Daughters’ Club was founded to unite local and city women in “mutual improvement,” according to the 1911 Meriden Weekly Enterprise. The club’s programming included discussions, lectures, and industry: club members wove rugs and carpets, eventually spinning their craft into a successful business venture. The proceeds allowed the Mothers’ and Daughters’ clubhouse to be electrified in 1914, an occasion the club celebrated with a well-attended oyster supper.
[Photograph courtesy of Plainfield Historical Society] ...
