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Anne Swainson
Anne Swainson (1888–1955) was an American product and graphic designer who became the head of design at the national retail company Montgomery Ward in Chicago, which was second in size only to Sears, Roebuck & Company at the time. There, she founded the company's Bureau of Design, which she ran from 1931 to 1955. It was believed to have been the first corporate industrial design department in modern American history. Biography According to United States census records, Anna Elizabeth Swainson was born in October 1888 in Nevada, Missouri, to the Swedish immigrants Perrie and Bettie Swainson. (It has been reported incorrectly that Anna was born in 1900, in Sweden.) Anna attended the University of Missouri and received her B.S. degree in education (1909) and an M.A. in education from Columbia University’s Teacher’s College (1913), and finally, a second M.A. in household arts (1915) from the University of Chicago. From 1915 to 1919, she taught textiles at the famous Hull House ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nevada, Missouri
Nevada ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Vernon County, Missouri, Vernon County, Missouri, United States. The population was 8,386 at the 2010 census, and 8,254 in the 2018 estimate. The local government has a council-manager model. History When French explorers entered the region in the late 17th century, they encountered the indigenous Osage people, who controlled a vast area extending west from present-day Saint Louis, Missouri, Saint Louis, including territories now within several states. The Osage Village State Historic Site, formerly known as the Carrington Osage Village Site, is located on a hilltop above the Osage River valley. Archeological evidence shows an Osage band had nearly 200 lodges and an estimated population of 2000 to 3000 here; they occupied the area from about 1700–1775. They were the most influential people in the region and were integral to the fur trade. After the United States acquired the territory west of the Mississippi River in the Louisian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |