Fredrikke Palmer

Fredrikke S. Palmer (May 26, 1860 – March 23, 1947) was a Norwegian-born American illustrator and cartoonist, best known for her work in The Woman's Journal, an American suffrage magazine.

Fredrikke Palmer
Born
Fredrikke Marie Schjöth

May 26, 1860
Drammen, Norway
DiedMarch 23, 1947
Honolulu, Hawaii
Occupation(s)Illustrator, cartoonist, art editor

Early life
A drawing of two white women in profile; one is younger, standing, hands crossed on her chest; the other is older, seated, hands clasped over her lap. The setting is outdoors; the background is mostly sky and clouds, with a low horizon.
Fredrikke S. Palmer, "Waiting" (1917)

Fredrikke Marie Schjöth (or Schjödt or Schiøt) was born in Drammen, Norway,[1] the daughter of Jens Rudolf Schjöth and Inger Claudine Schjöth (née Thomesen). She studied art in Norway with Knud Bergslien, and in Berlin with Karl Gussow.[2]

Career

Fredrikke Palmer was a member of the Society of Cleveland Artists before 1900,[2] and later a member of the New Haven Paint and Clay Club.[3] She exhibited a portrait of her husband at the New York Watercolor Club's show in 1906.[4]

Palmer was staff artist and art editor of The Women's Journal. Her cartoons were detailed realistic engraved drawings of women and children, often addressing such issues as child labor, prohibition, and suffrage.[5][6][7][8]

Personal life

In 1884, Fredrikke Schjödt married Arthur Hubbell Palmer (1859–1918),[9] an American professor, in Oslo, and moved with him to Cleveland, Ohio. They later lived in New Haven, Connecticut. They had two sons, Harold (1890–1959),[10] a geologist at the University of Hawaii,[11][12] and Erik (1885-1957), a mathematics professor.[13] In widowhood she moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, where she died in 1947, aged 86 years.[14]

References
  1. "Frederikke Schjoth Palmer - Artist". AskART. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  2. Levy, Florence Nightingale (1917). American Art Directory. R.R. Bowker. p. 572.
  3. "Paint and Clay Club". The Morning Journal-Courier. 1906-04-24. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-08-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Annual exhibition : New York Water Color Club". Internet Archive. 1906. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  5. Palmer, Fredrikke S. "At the Sepulchre (editorial cartoon)", Social Welfare History Image Portal, Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries, accessed August 3, 2020.
  6. "Woman's Suffrage". Massachusetts Historical Society Collections Online. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  7. Palmer, Fredrikke S. (November 2, 1915). "Will the Government Get Them?". Turning Point Suffragist Memorial. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  8. Palmer, Fredrikke Schjödt. "Women's Sphere in Cartoons: Waiting" The American-Scandinavian Review (November-December 1917): 332.
  9. "Arthur H. Palmer (1859-1918)". The Online Books Page. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  10. Yale University Class of 1912 (1912). "Harold Schjöth Palmer". History ... Yale University. p. 245.
  11. Ralph Moberly, "Early History of the Department of Geology and Geophysics" University of Hawaii. page 1.
  12. "Mrs. Harold Palmer Hoored at Tea Wednesday Afternoon". The Honolulu Advertiser. 1928-01-08. p. 15. Retrieved 2020-08-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. Rutgers Scientific School (1908). Report of the New Jersey State College for the Benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. The School. p. 20.
  14. "Mrs. Fredrikke S. Palmer". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 1947-03-24. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-08-03 – via Newspapers.com.
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