Elizabeth Ford

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  • Elizabeth
  • Kilbourne
  • Merrill
  • Elizabeth K. Merrill Elizabeth Merrill Cobb
  • Ford
  •  Charles Cobb; married June 20, 1953
  • Donald Ford (?-1934); married 1926    
  • Warwick (March 12, 1928-?)
  • February 19, 1902
  • Chicago, Illinois
  • December 4, 1977
  • Los Angeles, California
  • Chicago, Illinois

    1942: Arizona

    1943: California
  • Chicago, Illinois

    California
  • Muralist, Painter-Oil, Pastelist
  • 1920-1921, 1923-1926: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (did not graduate)
    DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois; studied education
    1954: degree in art from University of California-Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
  • 1924: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois: Suffer the Little Children to Come Unto Me
  • Erskine College

    Fort Dearborn Elementary School

    Superior Tea Room, Beverly Hills, California

    Mission San Antonio, Jolon, California

    Mount Vernon Elementary School

    Vanderpoel Museum Collection

    Vanderpoel School
  • American Association of Women

    Daughters of the American Revolution

    National Federation of Republican Women

    Santa Barbara Women’s Club, Santa Barbara, California

    South Side Art Association

    Stroller’s Club

    Teacher’s Retirement Society
  • 1934: YMCA in adult education program

    1939-1942:

    Director of Recreation, Chicago Park District, Chicago, Illinois

    designed sets and costumes for federally funded shows

    graphic designer for Park District

    lectured

    1944-1977: teacher in Santa Barbara, California
  • see essay on this website by Ashley Schork, 2009