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1912, French Creek, WV; d. 2004, Buckhannon, WV, b. 1906, Memphis, TN; d. 1943, Boston, MA, b. 1868, Warrenton, VA; d. 1928, Lynchburg, VA, b. 1802, Dover, NH; d. 1882, Middletown, KY, b. Contact: State capitol, 785.296.3966; capitol@kshs.org. 1912, Brookhaven, MS; d. 2005, Siloam Springs, AR, b. 1860, Rushville, IN; d. 1924, Washington, DC, b. 1873, Oak Grove, VA; d. 1955, Falls Church, VA, b. 1887, Minneapolis, MN; d. 1977, Alexandria, VA, b. One of the most compelling and controversial figures in nineteenth-century American history, John Brown devoted his life to opposing the extension of slavery in the 1850s into the Kansas Territory in battles that presaged the Civil War, which began in 1861. 1894, Nettie, WV; d. 1977, Richwood, WV, b. 1925, Chicago, IL; d. 2010, Manhattan, NY, b. 1895, Charlotte, NC; d. 1974, Spartanburg, SC, b. 1873, Baltimore, MD; d. 1951, Savannah, GA, b. 1829, Fincastle, VA; d. 1918, Ashland, KY, b. 1912, Augusta, GA; d. 1992, New Hanover County, NC, b. 1866, Washington, DC; d. 1939, Washington, DC, b. 1896, New Orleans, LA; d. 1979, Covington, LA, b. 1860, Stewart, TN; d. 1936, Memphis, TN, b. 1867, St. James Parish, LA; d. 1950, New Orleans, LA, b. 1893, Marion, OH; d. 1986, Nashville, TN, b. 1873, Washington, DC; d. 1941, Charlottesville, VA, b. 1904, Hull, MA; d. 1985, New Orleans, LA, b. 1897, Norfolk, VA; d. 1994, Portsmouth, VA, b. 1921, Winchester, KY; d. 2009, Greenville, SC, b. 1914, Philadelphia, PA; d. 2001, Largo, FL, b. Livingston Parish, LA; d. 1994, possibly in Orlando, FL, b. Curry depicts John Browns role in Bleeding Kansas as a tragic prelude to the Civil War, with tornadoes and prairie fires in the background representing the coming destruction. 1950, Montgomery, AL; d. 2018, Montgomery, AL, b. To the maximum extent permitted by the law, the Johnson Collection disclaims all representations and warranties, express or implied, with respect to such information, services, products, and materials, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, noninfringement, freedom from computer virus, and implied, warranties arising from course of dealing or course of performance. Much to the displeasure of some Kansans, and reflecting the views of agronomists at his employer, the Agricultural College of the University of Wisconsin, one panel blamed poor farming practices for the erosion and dust storms of the 1930s. 1913, Mount Vernon, NY; d. 1994, Gainesville, FL, b. 1828, Barren County, KY; d. 1904, Cumberland County, KY, b. 1886, Woodville, KY; d. 1980, St. Louis, MO, b. 1919, Savannah, GA; d. 1999, Decatur, GA, b. Curry did not revere Brown, describing him as a bloodythirsty, god-fearing maniac. [1], In the first half of the 19th century, the U.S. government worked to maintain the balance of political power between free and slave states by ensuring that their numbers remained equal. 1863, Perry, IL; d. 1940, Mt. 1900, Huntington, IN; d. 1977, Richmond, VA, b. On the infrequent occasions Joe Brentano leads tours of the Kansas Statehouse himself, he likes to lead groups of about two dozen schoolchildren at a time up to the second floor and straight into. Here, Sumner is depicted bleeding, pen in hand, with a dignified expression while Brooks (whose face is blocked by his arm) raises a mangled cane to strike him again. 1909, Greenville, OH; d. 1991, Baltimore, MD, b. 1906, Livingston, AL; d. 1988, Paris, France, b. 1875, Bridgeport, AL; d. 1945, Oxford, GA, b. 1870, NY; d. 1964 (buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA), b. 1872, Benton County, TN; d. 1967, New York, NY, b. 1840, Norfolk, VA; d. 1911, New York, NY, b. 1884, Savannah, GA; d. 1965, Wilmington, NC, b. (175.3 x 114.3 cm), Classification: 1893, New Orleans, LA; d. 1972, Highland Park, IL, b. 1858, Forest Home, NC; d. 1940, Raleigh, NC, b. 1883, Brookline, MA; d. 1955, Woodstock, NY, b. $325 million renovation restores Kansas - The Kansas City Star 1880 Charleston, SC; d. 1952, Beaufort, SC, b. 1843, Charleston, SC; d. 1923, Richmond, VA, b. 1911, Alexander City, AL; d. 2007, Alexander City, AL, b. 1877, Augusta, GA; d. 1927, Washington, DC, b. 1921, England; d. 2000, Baton Rouge, LA, b. 69 x 45 in. Map depicting Harpers Ferry, a strategic location at the junction of railroads and rivers. Index of Women Artists - The Johnson Collection, LLC You should contact the site administrator or Webmaster for those External Sites if you have any concerns regarding such links or the content located on such External Sites. 1896, Woodstock, NY; d. 1982, Manatee County, FL, b. 1892, Tacoma, WA; d. 1984, Bethesda, MD, b. 1900, Montgomery, AL; d. 1948, Asheville, NC, b. In no event shall the Johnson Collection be liable for any direct, indirect, special, punitive, incidental, exemplary or consequential, damages, or any damages whatsoever, even if the Johnson Collection has been previously advised of the possibility of such damages, whether in an action under contract, negligence, or any other theory, arising out of or in connection with the use, inability to use, or performance of the information, services, products, and materials available from this site. John L. Magee, Southern chivalry argument versus clubs, 1856, lithograph, 13.23 x 19 in. 1894, St. Louis, MO; d. 1968, Tucson, AZ, b. His actions contributed to such paranoia among slaveholders about the future of slavery in the United States that, In the first half of the 19th century, the U.S. government worked to maintain the balance of political power between free and slave states by ensuring that their numbers remained equal. 1920, New York, NY; d. 1964, Georgetown, DC, b. Hours and admission charge: The Capitol is open . 1881, Baltimore, MD; d. 1964, Charleston, SC, b. 1921, Baltimore, MD; d. 2004, Washington, DC, b. 1894, Scranton, PA; d. 1975, West Palm Beach, FL, b. 1873, Savannah, GA; d. 1956, Savannah, GA, b. 1908, New Orleans, LA; d. 1968, New Orleans, LA, b. 1890, Marion County, SC; d. 1980, Murrell's Inlet, SC, affiliated with Black Mountain College, 19431944, b. 1929, Columbia, SC; d. 2003, Arlington, VA, b. 1868, Washington, DC; d. 1921, Gloucester, MA, b. 1909, Chicago, IL; d. 1988, Blue Hill, ME, b. Curry depicted Brown larger-than-life in an open, stark landscape besieged by a tornado, a meteorological symbol for the conflict, and with an enslaved man at his side. King Couper], Hill, Harriett Amanda "Hattie" Hutchcraft, Jennerjahn, Elizabeth "Betty" Marie Schmitt, Jones, Myrtle "Berr" Valdosta Braddy {King}, Kirby, Lenore Hamer (see Hamer, Lenore Kirby), LaFrance, Helen (see Orr, Helen LaFrance), Lawrence, Gwendolyn Clarine Knight {see Knight, Gwendolyn Clarine {Lawrence}), Savage, Augusta Christine Fells {Moore} {Poston}, Tharin, Selma Marie {Furtwangler} {Dotterer}, b. 1887, Chattanooga, TN; d. 1974, Signal Mountain, TN, b. 1894, Detroit, MI; d. 1990, Santa Monica, CA, b. 1888, Philadelphia, PA; d. 1947, Washington, DC, b. 1870, Louisville, KY; d. 1960, Louisville, KY, b. 1901, Belcher, LA; d. 1998, Elm Grove, LA, b. 1876, Camden, AL; d. 1953, Montgomery, AL, b. 1908, Maysville, GA; d. 1997, Decatur, GA, b. 1924, Milwaukee, WI; d. 2017, Milwaukee, WI (buried New Orleans, LA), Heyward, Elizabeth "Lille" Barnwell Rhett, b. They also criticized their ambitiousness as being overdone: "there're a lot of scales and arpeggios, galloping triplets, dramatic organ, and stately ballads that signify nothing and go nowhere. 1872, Lafayette, LA; d. 1959, San Antonio, TX, b. 1894, Washington, GA; d. 1945, Augusta, GA, b. 1881, Pittsford, VT; d. 1963, Maplewood, NJ, b. 1856, Bristol, KY; d. 1950, Bowling Green, KY, b. 1890, Savannah, GA; d. 1978, Savannah, GA, b. 1936, Jacksonville, FL; d. 2003, Atlanta, GA, b. 1914, Guatemala City, Guatemala; d. 2000, New Orleans, LA, b. Now numbering over two thousand names of established, exhibited female practitioners, this index is not comprehensive and is emphatically not presented as such. 1905, Bessemer, AL; d. 2002, Bessemer, AL, b. 1858, New York, NY; d. 1942, Tryon, NC, b. 1895, Fall Creek, WI; d. 1992, Kearney, NE, b. 1869, New Orleans, LA; d. 1944, Herbertsville, NJ, b. 1925, Conway, AR; d. 2010, Brandon, MS, b. 1898, Baltimore, MD; d. 1988, Baltimore, MD, Orr, Helen LaFrance (see LaFrance, Helen Orr), b. 1898, Hartford, CT; d. 1992, New York, NY, b. The "tragic prelude" is the Bleeding Kansas period of 18541860, seen as a prelude to or dress rehearsal for the Civil War, a period of which John Brown was at the center, preventing Kansas from being made a slave state. 1923, Bridgewater, CT; d. 1999, Wrightsville Beach, NC, b. 1903, Savannah, GA; d. 1974, Dover, NH, b. 1880, Walworth, WI; d. 1957, Clermont, FL, b. 1893, Mendota, IL; d. 1949, Washington, DC, b. In addition, the Johnson Collection does not represent or warrant that the inforamtion accessible via this site is accurate, complete or current. 1914, Newton, KS; d. 2002, Bethlehem, PA, b. 1873, Lafayette, IN; d. 1963, New Orleans, LA, b. 1892, Danville, KY; d. 1984, Greensboro, NC, b. 1916, Mount Olive, NC; d. 2012, Wilmington, NC, b. 1861, Richmond, VA; d. 1935, Richmond, VA, b. 1856, Allegheny, PA; d. after 1931, possibly in NJ, b. 1926, Williamston, NC; d. 2013, Winston-Salem, NC, b. 1910, Hazlehurst, MS; d. 1981 McComb, MS, b. 1908, Charlotte, NC; d. 2001, Amagansett, NY, b. 1889, Lewis County, WV; d. 1963, Weston, WV, b. 1860, Savannah, GA; d. 1927, Savannah, GA, b. 1867, Augusta, GA; d. 1957, Greenville, SC, b. 1848, Wilmington, NC; d. 1927, Providence, RI, b. 1919, Union, SC; d. 2007 Isle of Palms, SC, b. Learn More ABRAHAM LINCOLN, ROBERT MERRELL GAGE 1905, New Orleans, LA; d. 1980, New Port Richey, FL, b. 1887, Americus, GA; d. 1948, Macon, GA, b. 1873, Madison, AL; d. 1948, Birmingham, AL, McDougall, Corinne Margaret Cunningham Collins, b. In this group is expressed the fratricidal fury that first flamed on the plains of Kansas, the Tragic Prelude to the last bloody feud of the English-speaking people. 1887, Baltimore, MD; d. 1971, Jamaica, NY, b. . 1898, Peninsula, OH; d. 1974, Charleston, WV, b. 1929, Durham, NC; d. 2017, Raleigh, NC, b. 1910; d. 1986 (buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA), b. 1887, Brownsville, TN; d. 1965, Bradenton, FL, b. 1911, Omaha, NE; d. 2001, Port Townsend, WA, b. Among the ranks of Free-Staters were John Brown and five of his sons, who had come to Kansas to take up arms in defense of abolition. 1897, Milwaukee, WI; d. 1977, Memphis, TN, b. 1894, Spartanburg, SC; d. 1984, Spartanburg, SC, b. 1878, Charlotte, NC; d. 1965, Charlotte, NC, b. 1859, Huntsville, AL; d. 1928, Richmond, VA, b. 1870, Glendale, OH; d. 1955, Columbus, OH, b. 1849, Evansville, IN; d. 1903, Bowling Green, KY, b. 1865, Yeovil, Somerset, England; d. 1947, Wilmington, NC, b. 1855, Philadelphia, PA; d. 1942, Gloucester, MA, Becket/Beckett/a'Becket, Maria/Marie Cecilia Graves, b. 1937, Philadelphia, PA; d. 2005, Winston-Salem, NC, b. 1907, Louisville, KY; d. 1998, Jefferson County, KY, b. Washington later emigrated to Liberia. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 762. 1888, Pleasant Grove, KY; d. 1973, Gulfport, MS, b. 1874, Albany, NY; d. 1971, La Jolla, CA, Clements, Gabrielle de Veaux/DeVaux/DaVaux, b. 1909, Louisville, KY; d. 2001, Rowlett, TX, b. Here, Sumner is depicted bleeding, pen in hand, with a dignified expression while Brooks (whose face is blocked by his arm) raises a mangled cane to strike him again. 1889, Jefferson, AL; d. 1984, Demopolis, AL, b. 1899, Richmond, VA; d. 2002, Richmond, VA, b. Detail, John Steuart Curry, Tragic Prelude , 1937-42, oil and egg tempera 11 6 x 31 feet (Kansas statehouse, Topeka) John Brown first became a nationally known figure in 1856 through his actions in the Kansas Territory, three years before the raid on Harpers Ferry. In 1859 he was hanged for leading a raid on the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. 1925, Augusta, GA; d. 2015, Spartanburg, SC, b. 1914, Atlanta, GA; d. 2003, Detroit, MI, b. 1847, Bourbon County, KY; d. 1921, Paris, KY, b. 1911, Fayette, KY; d. 1982, Lexington, KY, b. 1886, Lexington, VA; d. 1974, Columbia, SC, b.