She came up with this idea, and then co-opted the feminine tradition of miniature making to advance in this male-dominated field. — biographer Corinne May Botz (image via National Library of Science) In a world of tainted crime scenes and corrupted coroners, Chicago heiress Frances Glessner Lee saw a life apart from high society balls and dollhouse banquets; and to her quiet curiosity, this other life was much more fascinating.
A Woman to Know: Frances Glessner Lee
A Woman to Know: Frances Glessner Lee
A Woman to Know: Frances Glessner Lee
She came up with this idea, and then co-opted the feminine tradition of miniature making to advance in this male-dominated field. — biographer Corinne May Botz (image via National Library of Science) In a world of tainted crime scenes and corrupted coroners, Chicago heiress Frances Glessner Lee saw a life apart from high society balls and dollhouse banquets; and to her quiet curiosity, this other life was much more fascinating.