Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Candace Wheeler
![Candace Wheeler](/img/nopic_profile.png)
Born: 1827
Died: 1923 (aged 96)
Bio: Candace Wheeler, often credited as the "mother" of interior design, was one of America's first woman interior and textile designers.
Known for:
- Principles of home decoration (1903)
- Yesterdays in a busy life (1918)
- The development of embroidery in America (1921)
- How to make rugs (1902)
- Columbia's Emblem Indian Corn (1893)