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20: 163: 58:, the only child of Jonathan True and Hannah True, his wife. Carter's father was a wealthy importer and commission merchant. Her mother died young, leaving her infant daughter to the care of a devoted father who, early recognizing the artistic tastes of his child, gave her considerable training in that direction. 66:
In 1868, she became the wife of Henry Theophilus Carter, a mechanical engineer and manufacturer. The marriage was happy and congenial, with wealth and high social standing. Financial losses, the failing health of her husband, the death of a child, and the loneliness of widowhood all came in quick
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to take the chair of professor of form and drawing in the College for the Training of Teachers, and in 1890, she was elected president of the art department of the National Educational Association. In 1891, she was made director of the art department in the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and
99:. Carter was appointed on many industrial, educational and art committees. She had an interest in general art education, believing enthusiastically in the necessity of educating and elevating public taste by beginning early with the training of children for a love of the aesthetic. 67:
succession, forcing her to look for ways to support herself and a child. With the life insurance left her by her husband, Carter entered the Massachusetts Normal Art School (now known as
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American Women: Fifteen Hundred Biographies with Over 1,400 Portraits : a Comprehensive Encyclopedia of the Lives and Achievements of American Women During the Nineteenth Century
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American Women: Fifteen Hundred Biographies with Over 1,400 Portraits : a Comprehensive Encyclopedia of the Lives and Achievements of American Women During the Nineteenth Century
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Educational Company, of that city, doing various work pertaining to its educational department, such as illustrating drawing-books and often acting as drawing supervisor.
75:, to direct an art school, where she succeeded in establishing the school on a permanent basis. At the close of the first year, she was obliged to return to 235: 220: 230: 68: 71:) and was graduated with high standing. After a year's further study with private teachers in first-class studios, she went to 38:. She served as chair of form and drawing in the College for the Training of Teachers, president of the art department of the 225: 39: 42:, and director of the art department in the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry (now known as 79:, as the climate of Canada was too severe for her health. For two years, she was associated with the 203: 186: 8: 197: 43: 72: 55: 214: 167: 87: 96: 92: 80: 19: 31: 129: 127: 125: 202:(Public domain ed.). Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick. p.  166:
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Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1897).
76: 35: 139: 30:was a 19th-century American art educator from the 212: 195: 133: 170:: F. E. Willard & M. A. R. Livermore's 49: 184: 145: 18: 86:In the fall of 1887, she was called to 69:Massachusetts College of Art and Design 213: 191:(Public domain ed.). F. Leypoldt. 236:19th-century American women educators 109:Suggestions for the teaching of color 13: 14: 247: 102: 161: 221:19th-century American educators 178: 231:Educators from Portland, Maine 155: 40:National Education Association 1: 115: 134:Willard & Livermore 1897 7: 10: 252: 61: 50:Early years and education 54:Hannah True was born in 226:American art educators 24: 188:The Publishers Weekly 185:Leypoldt, F. (1890). 28:Hannah Johnson Carter 23:Hannah Johnson Carter 22: 16:American art educator 25: 136:, p. 156-57. 44:Drexel University 243: 207: 192: 165: 164: 149: 143: 137: 131: 73:Kingston, Canada 251: 250: 246: 245: 244: 242: 241: 240: 211: 210: 181: 162: 158: 153: 152: 144: 140: 132: 123: 118: 105: 64: 56:Portland, Maine 52: 17: 12: 11: 5: 249: 239: 238: 233: 228: 223: 209: 208: 193: 180: 177: 176: 175: 157: 154: 151: 150: 148:, p. 526. 138: 120: 119: 117: 114: 113: 112: 104: 103:Selected works 101: 63: 60: 51: 48: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 248: 237: 234: 232: 229: 227: 224: 222: 219: 218: 216: 205: 201: 200: 194: 190: 189: 183: 182: 173: 169: 168:public domain 160: 159: 147: 146:Leypoldt 1890 142: 135: 130: 128: 126: 121: 110: 107: 106: 100: 98: 94: 91:Industry, in 89: 88:New York City 84: 82: 78: 74: 70: 59: 57: 47: 45: 41: 37: 33: 29: 21: 198: 187: 179:Bibliography 171: 141: 108: 97:Pennsylvania 93:Philadelphia 85: 65: 53: 27: 26: 156:Attribution 215:Categories 116:References 32:U.S. state 174:(1897) 111:(1890) 77:Boston 62:Career 81:Prang 36:Maine 204:156 46:). 34:of 217:: 124:^ 95:, 206:.

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Willard & Livermore 1897
Leypoldt 1890
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The Publishers Weekly
American Women: Fifteen Hundred Biographies with Over 1,400 Portraits : a Comprehensive Encyclopedia of the Lives and Achievements of American Women During the Nineteenth Century
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