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Biography of Marguerite F. Sylvia artist

1928

Born with severe scoliosis in Newport, Rhode Island, and abandoned by her parents to theChildren’s Hospital 

1936

Adopted by Frank and Ruth Roberts with the support of Mary Archbold Van Bueren, a

benefactress of the Children’s Hospital 

1948

Started college at Rhode Island School of Design in Providence

1952

Graduated and moved to New York City to became a designer of children’s clothing,

eventually working with award-winning Helen Lee and Youngland, Miss Lee’s manufacturer

1956

Traveled in Europe, sending letters to her friends Bobby and John Maslen from aboard the

RMS Ryndam, then London, Norway, Denmark, Austria, Spain, Milan and Rome

1957

Returned to New York City to work and save money to move to London

1958

Settled in Cheniston Gardens, Kensington in London and continued her career as a

children’s clothing designer 

Christmas 1959

Visited Portland, Oregon, for the first time to see Bobby and John Maslen

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1961

Traveled to Paris, Cairo, Istanbul and finally to Greece with Esther Dayman Strong, who had

retired from Catlin Gabel School in Portland

1962

Left her life and career in London to move to Molivos on the island of Lesbos in Greece to

find her destiny

October 21, 1962

Wrote that her paintings were evolving f rom abstractions she called “birdnests” to portraits

and other figures

1964 – 1969

Exhibited her paintings in Athens at the Hellenic Union and the American Embassy, among

other shows throughout the 1960’s 

Winter 1967

Spent the winter in Norway and was given a show of her paintings at the Tonsberg Art

Union

Spring 1971

Visited Portland, Oregon, again to see her friends the Maslens, bringing a roll of many

paintings to exhibit and sold several before returning to Greece

Summer 1973

Sent her paintings for a show in August to the Neue Galerie in Aachen, Germany. But before

she could attend the opening, Peggy died suddenly on July 8, 1973, from complications of 

pneumonia.

Epilogue

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Bobby and John Maslen inherited all of Peggy’s unsold paintings and brought them to

Portland, Oregon, where they have shown them in a private museum for many years.

In April 2007, they gave four paintings to the new Hellenic-American Cultural Center of 

Oregon and Southwest Washington along with the “Peggy Museum” property so that theproceeds from its sale could help the Center grow and care for the remaining 93 paintings

loaned to the Center until 2032.

Each year 12 to 15 paintings from the collection of Miss Sylvia’s remarkable paintings will

be exhibited for the public to view.

(Laura) Jane Addams (September 6, 1860-May 21, 1935) won worldwide recognition in the first third of the twentieth

century as a pioneer social worker in America, as a feminist, and as an internationalist.

She was born in Cedarville, Illinois, the eighth of nine children. Her father was a prosperous miller and local political

leader who served for sixteen years as a state senator and fought as an officer in the Civil War; he was a friend of

Abraham Lincoln whose letters to him began «My Dear Double D-'ed Addams». Because of a congenital spinal

defect, Jane was not physically vigorous when young nor truly robust even later in life, but her spinal difficulty was

remedied by surgery.

In 1881 Jane Addams was graduated from the Rockford Female Seminary, the valedictorian of a class of seventeen,

but was granted the bachelor's degree only after the school became accredited the next year as Rockford College for

Women. In the course of the next six years she began the study of medicine but left it because of poor health, was

hospitalized intermittently, traveled and studied in Europe for twenty-one months, and then spent almost two years in

reading and writing and in considering what her future objectives should be. At the age of twenty-seven, during a

second tour to Europe with her friend Ellen G. Starr, she visited a settlement house, Toynbee Hall, in London's EastEnd. This visit helped to finalize the idea then current in her mind, that of opening a similar house in an

underprivileged area of Chicago. In 1889 she and Miss Starr leased a large home built by Charles Hull at the corner

of Halsted and Polk Streets. The two friends moved in, their purpose, as expressed later, being «to provide a center

for a higher civic and social life; to institute and maintain educational and philanthropic enterprises and to investigate

and improve the conditions in the industrial districts of Chicago»1. 

Miss Addams and Miss Starr made speeches about the needs of the neighborhood, raised money, convinced young

women of well-to-do families to help, took care of children, nursed the sick, listened to outpourings from troubled

people. By its second year of existence, Hull-House was host to two thousand people every week. There were

kindergarten classes in the morning, club meetings for older children in the afternoon, and for adults in the evening

more clubs or courses in what became virtually a night school. The f irst facility added to Hull-House was an art

gallery, the second a public kitchen; then came a coffee house, a gymnasium, a swimming pool, a cooperative

boarding club for girls, a book bindery, an art studio, a music school, a drama group, a circulating library, anemployment bureau, a labor museum.

As her reputation grew, Miss Addams was drawn into larger fields of civic responsibility. In 1905 she was appointed

to Chicago's Board of Education and subsequently made chairman of the School Management Commit tee; in 1908

she participated in the founding of the Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy and in the next year became the

first woman president of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections. In her own area of Chicago she led

investigations on midwifery, narcotics consumption, milk supplies, and sanitary conditions, even going so far as to

accept the official post of garbage inspector of the Nineteenth Ward, at an annual salary of a thousand dollars. In

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1910 she received the first honorary degree ever awarded to a woman by Yale University.

Jane Addams was an ardent feminist by philosophy. In those days before women's suffrage she believed that women

should make their voices heard in legislation and therefore should have the right to vote, but more comprehensively,

she thought that women should generate aspirations and search out opportunities to realize them.

For her own aspiration to rid the world of war, Jane Addams created opportunities or seized those offered to her toadvance the cause. In 1906 she gave a course of lectures at the University of Wisconsin summer session which she

published the next year as a book, Newer Ideals of Peace . She spoke for peace in 1913 at a ceremony

commemorating the building of the Peace Palace at The Hague and in the next two years, as a lecturer sponsored by

the Carnegie Foundation, spoke against America's entry into the First World War. In January, 1915, she accepted the

chairmanship of the Women's Peace Party, an American organization, and four months later the presidency of the

International Congress of Women convened at The Hague largely upon the initiative of Dr. Aletta Jacobs, a Dutch

suffragist leader of many and varied talents. When this congress later founded the organization called the Women's

International League for Peace and Freedom, Jane Addams served as president until 1929, as presiding officer of its

six international conferences in those years, and as honorary president for the remainder of her life.

Publicly opposed to America's entry into the war, Miss Addams was attacked in the press and expelled from the

Daughters of the American Revolution, but she found an outlet for her humanitarian impulses as an assistant to

Herbert Hoover in providing relief supplies of food to the women and children of the enemy nations, the story of whichshe told in her book Peace and Bread in Time of War (1922).

After sustaining a heart attack in 1926, Miss Addams never fully regained her health. Indeed, she was being admitted

to a Baltimore hospital on the very day, December 10, 1931, that the Nobel Peace Prize was being awarded to her in

Oslo. She died in 1935 three days after an operation revealed unsuspected cancer. The funeral service was held

inthe courtyard of Hull-House. 

Place

Shimla /ˈʃɪmlə/ (Hindi:  िशमला  [ˈʃɪmlaː] (  listen)), formerly known as Simla, is the capital city of Himachal

Pradesh. In 1864, Shimla was declared the summer capital of the British Raj in India. A popular tourist

destination, Shimla is often referred to as the "Queen of Hills," a term coined by the British. Located in the

north-west Himalayas at an average altitude of 2,205 metres (7,234 ft), the city of Shimla, draped in

forests of pine,rhododendron, and oak, experiences pleasant summers and cold, snowy winters. The city

is famous for its buildings styled in 'Tudorbethan' andneo-Gothic architecture dating from the colonial era.

Shimla is connected to the city of Kalka by one of the longest narrow gauge railway routes still operating

in India,[2]

 the Kalka-Shimla Railway. Shimla is approximately 145 km (90 mi) from Mandi, 100 km (62 mi)

from Chandigarh, the nearest major city, and 365 km (227 mi) from New Delhi, the national capital. The

city is named after the goddess Shyamala Devi, an incarnation of the Hindu Goddess Kali.[3] Shimla is

located in the north-western ranges of the Himalayas. At an average altitude of2397.59 meters (7866.10 ft) above mean sea level, the city is spread on a ridge and its

seven spurs. The city stretches nearly 9.2 km from east to west.[11] The highest point in

Shimla, at 2454 meters (8051 ft), is the Jakhoo hill. Shimla is a Zone IV (High Damage

Risk Zone) per the Earthquake hazard zoning of India. Weak construction techniques

and increasing population pose a serious threat to the already earthquake prone 

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region.[12][13] There are no bodies of water near the main city and the closest river ,Sutlej, 

is about 21 km (13 mi) away.[14] Other rivers that flow through the Shimla district,

although further from the city, are Giri, and Pabbar (both are tributaries of Yamuna). The

green belt in Shimla planning area is spread over 414 hectares (1023 acres).[7] The

main forests in and around the city are that

of pine, deodar, oak and rhododendron.[15] Environmental degradation due to the

increasing number of tourists every year without the infrastructure to support them has

resulted in Shimla losing its popular appeal as an ecotourism spot.[16] Another rising

concern in the region are the frequent number of landslides that often take place after

heavy rains.[12][17] 

[edit]culture

The people of Shimla are informally called Shimlaites. With largely cosmopolitan crowds, a variety of

festivals are celebrated here. The Shimla Summer Festival, held every year during peak touristseason,[35]

 and lasting 3 –4 days, is celebrated on the ridge. The highlights of this event include

performances by popular singers from all over the country.[36]

 Shimla has a number of places to visit.

Local hangouts like The Mall and The Ridge are in the heart of the city. Most of the heritage buildings in

the city are preserved in their original 'Tudorbethan' architecture.

Places of interest

Ground view of The Ridge

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Christ Church (Shimla)

Municipal Corporation (Town Hall), Shimla.

Mall Road, shopping market in Shimla

The Ridge, Shimla

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Skiing is a popular tourist activity in Shimla

  The Mall: The Mall is the main shopping street of Shimla. It also has many restaurants, clubs, banks,

bars, Post Offices and tourist offices. The Gaiety Theatre is also situated there

  Christ Church: Situated on The Ridge, Christ Church is the second oldest church in Northern India. It

has a very majestic appearance and inside there are stained glass windows which represent faith,

hope, charity, fortitude, patience and humility.

Jakhu Hill: 2 km from Shimla, at a height of 8000 ft, Jakhu Hill is the highest peak and offers a

beautiful view of the town and of the snow-covered Himalayas. At the top of the Hill, is an old temple

of Lord Hanuman, which is also the home of countless playful monkeys waiting to be fed by all

visitors.

Heritage place

There are not many places in the world that command the kind of respect and popularity

as Agra does. The Taj Mahal may have added a different perspective to the place but it was a

destination favoured by the kings and nobles of the Mughal era. Akbar, the most renowned and

respected of all the Mughal emperors ruled the India of yore for the ramparts of the Red Fort of Agra.

In fact Agra was the base for most of the Mughal rulers.

Since, Agra was capital of undivided India and that too for quite a long period; the immense wealth of 

architectural heritage it has is mind boggling. One look at the world famous Taj Mahal and you are

overwhelmed by the very presence of it. The way it has been designed, the meticulous planning that

underwent and the time that took to build such a master piece is nothing but a miracle considering the

age – more than 300 years ago – when it was completed.

This is the power and influence that this monument has on the psyche of people. A write-up that

should have taken a holistic view of Agra as a destination has this danger of becoming a piece on the

Taj Mahal. Some one rightly said, you can take Agra out of the Taj Mahal but you cannot take the Taj

Mahal out of Agra

Famous temples

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The fascinating temples of Khajuraho, India's unique gift of love to the world, in the state of Madhya Pradesh, were

built between 950 and 1050 A.D. Khajuraho derives its name from the Khajur tree (the date palm tree) which can be

found in abundance in the area. Khajuraho is a well visited tourist center. This village houses several temples built in

the Indo Aryan Nagara style of architecture. Temples of Khajuraho have captivate the attention of a visitor with their

marvelous art.

'Stellar specimen of impeccable architectural skill'

Location: 

The popular Khajuraho temple is situated in Madhya Pradesh. Khajuraho is a fascinating village with a quaint, rural

ambience and a rich cultural heritage. The Khajuraho temples are internationally famous for the erotic sculptures that

adorn the walls. Journey through the past: Khajuraho, the ancient "Kharjjuravahaka", was the main seat of authority

of the Chandela rulers who accentuated the place with sculptural art and architectural marvel. The Chandela dynasty

built eighty-five temples here. Today only twenty remain as an archetype of Indian sculptural art.

Golden temple

Amritsar: 

Amritsar, literally means the Pool of Nectar. Amritsar derieves its name from Amrit Sarovar, the holy tank that

surrounds the fabulous Golden Temple. The Sikh cult largely dominate the city. During centuries, this complex of Sikh

culture grew from a sacred village pond into a spiritual-temporal center. The passionate pilgrims of the faith of Guru

Nanak (15th century), who united Hindu and Muslim elements and initiated a reformation, flocked here generation

after generation.

History unfolded: 

Guru Arjan Sahib, the Fifth Nanak, conceived the idea of creating a central place of worship for the Sikhs and he

himself designed the architecture of Golden temple also known as Sri Harmandir Sahib. Guru Arjan Sahib got its

foundation laid by a muslim saint Hazrat Mian Mir ji of Lahore in December 1588. The construction work was directly

supervised by Guru Arjan Sahib himself and he was assisted by the prominent Sikh personalities like Baba Budha ji,

Bhai Gurdas ji, Bhai Sahlo ji and many other devoted Sikhs.

Somnath temple

Gujarat: 

Gujarat, the 'Jewel of the West,' is a tourist destination that offers something for every visitor. A journey through

Gujarat unfolds a religious, cultural and historical panorama. The state with the longest coast line (1290km) in the

country is renowned for its beaches, holy temples, historic capitals replete with immense architectural assets, wildlife

sanctuaries and hill resorts. However the famous Somnath temple here is an exemplar of architectural splendor.

Location: 

Somnath at Somnath Patan, near Veraval in Gujarat is a pilgrimage center held in great reverence throughout India.

Somnath is considered to be the first of the 12 Jyotirlingas of Shiva. Somnath Gujarat is situated on the south coast

of Saurashtra.