| 词条 | Emma Edwards Green |
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|name = Emma Edwards Green |image = |caption = |birth_date = 1856 |birth_place = Stockton, California, United States |death_date = January 6, 1942 |death_place = Boise, Idaho, United States |resting_place= |spouse = James G. Green |religion = |children = |alma_mater = |profession = Artist }}Emma Edwards Green, born Emma Sarah Etine Edwards (1856-1942), known also as Mrs. Emma Green, was an American painter and designer. She designed the State Seal of Idaho, used also on the Flag of Idaho, and is the only woman to have designed a state seal.[1][2][3] Early lifeEmma Edwards Green was born Emma Sarah Etine Edwards in 1856[4] to Emma Jeanne Catherine Richard and former Missouri Governor John Cummins Edwards in Stockton, California.[1] In 1890, Emma Edwards Green stopped in Boise, Idaho to visit friends on her way home from the Arts Students League of New York.[4][5] She decided to stay in Boise and began teaching art classes. In 1891, Edwards was invited to submit a design for the State Seal competition sponsored by the First Legislature for the State of Idaho.[6] On May 5, 1891, Edwards was awarded $100 by Governor N. B. Willey for her design of the state Great Seal, which depicts a miner, a woman and various natural resources of Idaho.[5][6] SealThe original painting is now held at the Idaho State Historical Society.[7] Later lifeA few years after designing the State Seal of Idaho, Edwards married James G. Green. She had no children, but assisted in raising her nephews. Emma Edwards Green died in Boise, Idaho on January 6, 1942 and was buried with her husband in Oakland, CA.[8] References1. ^1 {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Emma Edwards}}2. ^{{cite book|author=Randy Stapilus|title=It Happened in Idaho: Remarkable Events That Shaped History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1V2AVZtS6wUC&pg=PA113|date=19 October 2010|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-7627-6704-5|pages=113–}} 3. ^One hundred years of Idaho art, 1850-1950: Boise Art ... - Page 62 Sandy Harthorn, Kathleen Bettis, Boise Art Museum - 1990 -"Emma Edwards Green arrived in Boise to visit cousins in 1890 shortly after Idaho achieved statehood. She was the oldest ... be the only woman to design a state seal, Emma Green made a lasting contribution to art in Idaho. " 4. ^1 5. ^1 {{cite book|author=Glynda Joy Nord|title=Official State Flowers and Trees: Their Unique Stories|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RQPQAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA58|date=12 May 2014|publisher=AuthorHouse|isbn=978-1-4907-3132-2|pages=58–}} 6. ^1 7. ^ 8. ^ 4 : 1856 births|1942 deaths|American designers|American women painters |
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