Edith Roddy, Sarasota. Watercolor, 21.5 by 17.5 inches, signed lower right, Roddy. Edith Roddy grew up in Meadville, Pennsylvania at a time when the country was still mourning Abraham Lincoln and honoring the heroes of the American Civil War. Given the opportunities for woman at the time, there was a heroic quality to her life. Always artistic, when the local Academy of Music presented the dramatic cantata Belshazzar, Edith Roddy age 17, sang the role of Myra. She composed the class song for…
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