May
Wilson was born
in New York in 1873. She studied at Oberlin
Art School and the Arts Students League
in New York where she came under the
influence of Robert Henri
and John Sloan. Wilson became involved
in the struggle for women's rights when her art school denied her
admission to its life drawing classes. Preston was active in the National
Woman's Party and contributed to Women
Voter. She also illustrated the book, How
it Feels to be the Husband of a Suffragette.
Wilson married the artist, James
Moore Preston, who was also a member of the Ash Can School. The two
both exhibited at the International Exhibition of Modern Art (the
Armory Show) held in New York in 1913. May Wilson Preston died in
1949.
Mary Wilson Preston,
Women Voter (January,
1915)
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