Photograph, Sepia - Mary Oldham Eagle

 
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Photograph, Sepia - Mary Oldham Eagle
Photograph, Sepia - Mary Oldham Eagle
Photograph, Sepia - Mary Oldham Eagle
Photograph, Sepia - Mary Oldham Eagle

Photograph, Sepia - Mary Oldham Eagle

Object number2017.040.01a-b
Associated LocationRichmond, Kentucky
Associated LocationLittle Rock, Arkansas
MediumWood, Paper, Ink, Metal, Pencil
DimensionsPhoto: 5 × 4 1/2 in. (12.7 × 11.4 cm) Matting: 1 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (4.4 × 3.2 cm) Frame: 11 3/4 × 1 1/2 × 9 3/4 in. (29.8 × 3.8 × 24.8 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionA framed sepia photograph of First Lady Mary Eagle. First Lady Eagle is facing left with her face in profile. She is wearing a collard top with lace around her neck outlining a necklace.

    Mary Kavanaugh Oldham Eagle was born in February 4, 1854. She was married to James Philip Eagle, Arkansas's sixteenth 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 on the 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.
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