Donlevy, Alice H., 1846-1929.

Alice Heighes Donlevy (1846-1929) was an artist and advocate of industrial art education in the schools. She worked as a painter, illustrator and weaver and wrote and lectured on the art of illumination. In 1867 she became a founding member of the Ladies Art Association and was active with the Woman's South African League, the Woman's Auxiliary League of the Boer Relief Fund, and the Woman's Memorial Fund.

From the guide to the Alice H. Donlevy papers, 1860-1911, 1875-1905, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)

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