Fredrikke Palmer (original) (raw)

Fredrikke Schojoth was born in Norway on 26th May 1860. She studied art in Oslo and Berlin before moving to the United States. A supporter of women's suffrage, and an opponent of child labour, Fredrikke's work appeared in several journals and eventually became art editor of the Woman's Journal. Fredrikke married A. H. Palmer, a professor at Yale University. After the death of her husband she left New Haven to live in Honolulu