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Maria Longworth Nichols Storer (March 20, 1849 – April 30, 1932) was the founder of Rookwood Pottery of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, a patron of fine art and the granddaughter of the wealthy Cincinnati businessman Nicholas Longworth (patriarch of the famous Longworth family).
Subjects: Storer, Maria Longworth, 1849-1932 ; Storer, B. (Bellamy), 1847-1922 ; Catholic Church ; Catholics--Political and social views ; Ireland, John, 1838-1918. Born March 20, 1849, to a wealthy founding family of Cincinnati, Ohio, Maria Longworth became an accomplished artist.
May 15, 2019 · Maria Longworth Storer: From Music and Art to Popes and Presidents is the most comprehensive biography of this one of a kind Cincinnatian. Known as the founder of the first female-run manufacturing company in the United States, Rookwood Pottery, Longworth Storer was passionate about women’s rights, her city, and issues of poverty and the arts.
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Storer, Maria (1849–1932) American arts patron and ceramist. Name variations: Maria Nichols; Maria Longworth Nichols. Born Maria Longworth on March 20, 1849, in Cincinnati, Ohio; died on April 30, 1932, in Paris, France; daughter of Joseph Longworth (an arts patron) and Ann Maria (Rives) Longworth; educated privately; married George Ward ...
Mar 20, 2019 · This biography of Maria Longworth (Nichols) Storer (1849-1932) paints a portrait of a woman who pushed social boundaries and had a lasting impact on Cincinnati. Maria was a philanthropist and a talented artist who worked in clay to form decorative pottery, and tapped beautiful pictures on thin pieces of copper.
We might recognize Maria Longworth Storer (1849–1932) as the founder of Rookwood Pottery but she was also one of our 23 founders and more importantly a Virginia and early Ohio Dame who signed the National Charter in 1896 when our State Society was established.
Through thoughtful, balanced narrative, readers get to know a remarkable woman whose fascinating and dramatic life as a political figure, women’s rights advocate, and patron of the arts has had a long lasting legacy on the Queen City and the Shaping of our nation’s diplomatic policies. Read More.
