Who Was Blanche (Ames) Ames?
Blanche was an artist, inventor, political activist, farmer, prominent supporter of birth control and all rights for women, and designer of her mansion at Borderland.
"... my mother was very much opposed to their [anti-suffragists] views, being an activist and a feminist."
~Pauline Ames Plimpton, daughter of Blanche Ames~ Quote from Ramblings About Borderland, written by Pauline~
"My mother, Blanche Ames was an artist. From the time she was married, she started making drawings of orchids for my father's books, literally thousands of etchings or pen and ink drawings. She also painted in oils, portraits, still-lifes and landscapes."
~Pauline Ames on her mother's art in Ramblings About Borderland~
"Blanche Ames used her curiosity to put towards the war effort."
~Jeanmarie Joyce on Blanche and her Propeller Snare Invention~
~Jeanmarie Joyce on Blanche and her Propeller Snare Invention~
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