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Holladay, Wilhelmina Cole, 1922-2021

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Personal name headingHolladay, Wilhelmina Cole, 1922-2021
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Variant(s)Holladay, Wilhelmina Cole, 1922-
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedWashington (D.C.)
Birth date1922-10-02
Death date2021-03-06
Place of birthElmira (N.Y.)
Place of deathWashington (D.C.)
Field of activityArt--Collectors and collecting Women artists
AffiliationNational Museum of Women in the Arts (U.S.)
Profession or occupationArt patrons Art museum directors Interior decorators
Art collectors
Found inOral history interview with Wilhelmina Holladay, 2005 Aug. 17- 2005 Sept. 23 (Wilhelmina Holladay; Washington, D.C.; b. 1922)
WW in Amer. art, 1993-94 (Holladay, Wilhelmina Cole; collector, patron; b. Elmira, N.Y.)
WW in Amer., 2006 (Holladay, Wilhelmina Cole; interior designer, museum director; Washington, D.C.; b. Elmira, N.Y., Oct. 10, 1922)
RLIN, May 22, 2006 (hdg.: Holladay, Wilhelmina)
New York times WWW site, viewed March 21, 2021: obituary dated March 11, 2021 (Wilhelmina Cole Holladay; She used her networking skills and social connections to establish the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, the first of its kind.; Wilhelmina Cole was born on Oct. 2, 1922, in Elmira, N.Y.; moved to Washington soon after graduating from Elmira College in 1944; married Wallace F. Holladay in 1945; the Holladays collected art and increasingly focused on women artists; National Museum of Women in the Arts opened in 1987; died on Saturday [March 6] at her home in Washington, aged 98)