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Minnette Sara <I>Slayback</I> Carper

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Minnette Sara Slayback Carper

Birth
Missouri, USA
Death
1952 (aged 83–84)
New Jersey, USA
Burial
Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
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Carper, Minnette Slayback (1868-1952)
"She Wields A Plane".
Not content with being an artist in burnt wood – this is, an artist who with a poker and a board achieves beautiful results – Mrs. Minnette Slayback Carper has started upon a career as carpenter.
She is the first woman in the world to enter upon a course of manual training. She is now learning to be a carpenter and cabinetmaker under Professor Swofford at Washington University. Already she exhibits an aptitude which augurs well for a high degree of proficiency in both of those branches. She studied carpentry, as she considers a practical knowledge of it a necessary adjunct to her burnt-wood work.

Minnette Carper is known for burnt wood crafts, carpentry-cabinet making.. She was also a published author
She wrote:
The Dance of Death. and Other Stories Hardcover – Aug. 20 2009
by Slayback-Carper Minnette (Author)
Minnette had 5 siblings: Suzanne Adams (born Slayback), Juliet Grace Slayback and 3 other siblings.
Minnette married Alfred C Carper in 1893, at age 23.
Alfred was born in February 1870, in Iowa.
They had 4 children: Barbara S Carper and 3 other children.
Minnette passed away 1952, at age 82 at , New Jersey.
Carper, Minnette Slayback (1868-1952)
"She Wields A Plane".
Not content with being an artist in burnt wood – this is, an artist who with a poker and a board achieves beautiful results – Mrs. Minnette Slayback Carper has started upon a career as carpenter.
She is the first woman in the world to enter upon a course of manual training. She is now learning to be a carpenter and cabinetmaker under Professor Swofford at Washington University. Already she exhibits an aptitude which augurs well for a high degree of proficiency in both of those branches. She studied carpentry, as she considers a practical knowledge of it a necessary adjunct to her burnt-wood work.

Minnette Carper is known for burnt wood crafts, carpentry-cabinet making.. She was also a published author
She wrote:
The Dance of Death. and Other Stories Hardcover – Aug. 20 2009
by Slayback-Carper Minnette (Author)
Minnette had 5 siblings: Suzanne Adams (born Slayback), Juliet Grace Slayback and 3 other siblings.
Minnette married Alfred C Carper in 1893, at age 23.
Alfred was born in February 1870, in Iowa.
They had 4 children: Barbara S Carper and 3 other children.
Minnette passed away 1952, at age 82 at , New Jersey.


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