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Dexheimer, Florence Chambers, 1866-1925 / Sketches of Wisconsin pioneer women
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Kent, Antoinette
Frances Helen Brace Emerson, pp. 135-136
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We thank Thee, Lord, for many gifts By Thee in mercy sent, For life and love, and every joy Within our being blent. We thank Thee for Thy tender care That guards us and defends, And most of all, dear Lord, today We thank Thee for our Friends. H.... FRANCES HELEN BRACE EMERSON (Mrs. Prof. Joseph Emerson) Author-Antoinette Kent, Beloit Frances Helen Brace was born in Rochester, New York, September 11, 1838. Her father was Harvey Brace, her mother was Hanna Thompson, daughter of Mr. Thompson, the younger brother of Mrs. Joseph Flint Willard. Mrs. Emerson was closely associated with her kinswoman, Frances Elizabeth Willard. Mr. Harvey Brace settled just outside of Janesville on a farm in the town of Center where Mrs. Emerson passed her girlhood days. This was previous to the coming of the Willards -they came in 1846. When Helen Brace was old enough to leave home she attended school at Philipps Union Seminary, Albion, New York, Baraboo Seminary, and Milwaukee Seminary. Her life was devoted to the study and teaching of Art and Literature. She was a teacher of Art and History in Milwaukee (Downer) College, in Gannet Institute, Boston and Professor of Art and Literature at Wellsley. When she married Professor Emerson in 1884, she brought with her a mind matured by age and experience coupled with classical thought and lofty ideals. She bent all her purpose to the organization of a real Art Hall for 135
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