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Dorothy Gilbert Wilson

Dorothy Gilbert Wilson (1889 - 1988) was active/lived in Oregon, New York.  Dorothy Wilson is known for Portrait, landscape flower paintings.

Dorothy Gilbert Wilson (1889-1988)

Dorothy Gilbert was born in Portland, Oregon on October 16, 1889, the youngest of five children born to US Circuit Court of Appeals Judge William Ball Gilbert and his wife Julia.  As she would recall many years later, Dorothy had the benefit of an upbringing by a father who "was a real feminist without knowing it" and encouraged higher education with his daughters and free pursuit of careers of their own choosing.  The spirit of independence he fostered in his daughters was atypical of the provincial social attitudes of early 20th century Portland.  On one occasion, a lawyer friend of the family approached Judge Gilbert to ask if he could do anything about Dorothy as "her radical ideas were shocking to him."  Mr. Gilbert replied, "Well...I wouldn't undertake to change that young woman's ideas."  One of her earliest recollections of the political and social climate in Portland was that "Portland had a lot of New Englande   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 16961 characters.]  Artist bio

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