Ida
Proper, the daughter of a Baptist
minister, was born in Bonaparte, Iowa in 1873. After raising funds
by working in a library in Seattle, she moved to New
York where he attended the Arts Students
League. Proper's work rated highly by her tutors and she was awarded
a fellowship to study in Munich.
After spending several years in Europe she returned to the United
States where she became involved in the struggle for women's
suffrage. In 1912 she joined with Malvina Hoffman to open their
own art gallery. Proper also became art editor of the journal Women
Voter and was a member of New York Woman Suffrage Association.
Ida Proper died in 1957.
Brewer:
Have no fear, my dear, I can afford to pay your bills.
Anti-Suffrage Campaigner: I always
knew that indirect influence was enough. |
Ida Proper, Women's
Voter (May, 1913)
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