Trim, Bead and Lace - Mary Eagle
Object number1955.001.01.c.1
Date1889
MediumBeads, Lace
DimensionsBeadwork:
1. 1.5" x 12.5"
2. 1.5" x 25"
3. 1.5" x 19"
Lace:
4. 4 - 7" x 21"
5. 5 - 6" x 20"
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
Terms
c.4 - Beige lace remnant with scallop pattern throughout. 7" x 21"
c.5 - Beige lace remnant with scallop pattern throughout. 6" x 20"
Mary Kavanaugh Oldham Eagle was born in February 4, 1854. She was married to James Philip Eagle, Arkansas's 16th Governor. Mary Oldham Eagle took a more active role as First Lady with her interest in the sciences, women’s suffrage, and her international concerns. Mary served Board of Lady Managers and chaired the Board’s Committee on Congresses at the 1893 Chicago’s World Columbian Exposition. Mary also edited the book, The Congress of Women, World’s Columbian Exposition. She played a major role in her husband's political campaigns and subsequent gubernatorial parties, even so far as to write her husband's address to the General Assembly due to his poor health at the time. She passed away February 15, 1903 and is buried in Mount Holly Cemetery.
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