Fredrikke S. Palmer (May 26, 1860 – March 23, 1947) was a Norwegian-born American illustrator and cartoonist, best known for her work in The Woman's Journal, an American suffrage magazine.
Fredrikke Palmer | |
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| Born | Fredrikke Marie Schjöth May 26, 1860 Drammen, Norway |
| Died | March 23, 1947 Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Occupation(s) | Illustrator, cartoonist, art editor |
Early life
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Fredrikke Marie Schjöth (or Schjödt or Schiøt) was born in Drammen, Norway,[1] the daughter of Jens Rudolf Schjöth and Inger Claudine Schjöth (née Thomesen). She studied art in Norway with Knud Bergslien, and in Berlin with Karl Gussow.[2]
Career
editFredrikke Palmer was a member of the Society of Cleveland Artists before 1900,[2] and later a member of the New Haven Paint and Clay Club.[3] She exhibited a portrait of her husband at the New York Watercolor Club's show in 1905.[4]
Palmer was staff artist and art editor of The Women's Journal. Her cartoons were detailed realistic engraved drawings of women and children, often addressing such issues as child labor, prohibition, and suffrage.[5][6][7][8]
Personal life
editIn 1884, Fredrikke Schjödt married Arthur Hubbell Palmer (1859–1918),[9] an American professor, in Oslo, and moved with him to Cleveland, Ohio. They later lived in New Haven, Connecticut. They had two sons, Harold (1890–1959),[10] a geologist at the University of Hawaii,[11][12] and Erik (1885-1957), a mathematics professor.[13] In widowhood she moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, where she died in 1947, aged 86 years.[14]
References
edit- ^ "Artist Biography & Facts - Frederikke Schjoth Palmer". AskART. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ a b Levy, Florence Nightingale, ed. (1917). "Who's Who in Art". American Art Annual. Vol. XIV. R. R. Bowker. pp. 572 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Paint and Clay Club". The Morning Journal-Courier. New Haven, Connecticut. 24 April 1906. p. 5. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Annual Exhibition: New York Water Color Club. New York Water Color Club; American Watercolor Society. 1905. pp. 14, 26. Retrieved 3 August 2020 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Palmer, Fredrikke S. (24 April 2015). "At the Sepulchre". Woman's Journal and Suffrage News (Editorial cartoon). 46 (17): 1. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2020 – via Social Welfare History Image Portal - VCU Libraries - Virginia Commonwealth University.
- ^ Palmer, Fredrikke S. (1916). Woman's Suffrage (Image from the cover of pamphlet by Agnes E. Ryan, The Torch Bearer: A Look Forward and Back at the Woman’s Journal, the Organ of the Woman’s Movement). Boston: Woman’s Journal and Suffrage News. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2020 – via Massachusetts Historical Society.
- ^ Palmer, Fredrikke S. (2 November 1915). "Will the Government Get Them?". Turning Point Suffragist Memorial (Editorial cartoon). Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ Palmer, Fredrikke Schjödt (November–December 1917). "Women's Sphere in Cartoons". The American-Scandinavian Review. 5 (6): 332–333 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Online Books by: Arthur H. Palmer". Online Books Page. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ "Harold Schjöth Palmer". History of the Class of 1912. Vol. 1. Compiled by Mortimer Robinson Proctor. Yale University. 1912. p. 245 – via Google Books.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Moberly, Ralph (5 March 2009). "Early History of the Department of Geology and Geophysics". ScholarSpace. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Mrs. Harold Palmer Hoored at Tea Wednesday Afternoon". Society Section. The Honolulu Advertiser. 8 January 1928. p. 15. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Trustees' Report". The State College for the Benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. Vol. 45. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Scientific School. 1909. p. 20 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Mrs. Fredrikke S. Palmer". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 24 March 1947. p. 6. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
