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Give to the Historic Costume and Textiles Collection: go.osu.edu/B5zc
Learn how to donate clothing and other objects to the collection: costume.osu.ed...
Listen to The Ohio State University Inspire Podcast episode about Ann Lowe and her gown: ohiostateunive...
Reading recommendations by Gayle Strege
-"Fancy Party Gowns, The Story of Fashion Designer Ann Cole Lowe" by Deborah Blumenthal
-Saturday Evening Post, v237, #44, page 74, "Ann Lowe: Society’s Best Kept Secret" by Thomas B. Congdon Jr.
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-Ebony, Vol. 22 Issue 2, p136-142, “Dean of American Designers,” by Gerri Major
-“Threads of Time, The Fabric of History: Profiles of African American Dressmakers and Designers, 1850 to the Present” by Rosemary E. Reed Miller
-“The Life and Work of Ann Lowe: Rediscovering ‘Society’s Best Kept Secret'" by Margaret Powell www.worldcat.o....
-“Something to Prove: A Biography of Ann Lowe America’s Forgotten Designer” by Julia Faye Dockery Smith
-“Elizabeth Keckly and Ann Lowe: Recovering an African American Fashion Legacy That Clothed the American Elite.” Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture 19, no. 1 (2015): 115-41 by Elizabeth Way
- • Symposium | Elizabeth ...
About Donna James
Donna James is a trusted resource and advisor to leaders in the public and private sector, and has served on the board of directors of numerous companies. Prior to starting her own business, Lardon & Associates, she retired as president of Nationwide Strategic Investments, a division of Nationwide Insurance and Financial Services Company.
Donna's passion for enabling others to find their best drives her personal and community engagement. She is co‐founder of the Center for Healthy Families, a collaborative focused on transforming the lives of pregnant and parenting teens and their children. She is co‐executive director of the African American Leadership Academy and previously co‐chaired the CelebrateOne initiative to reduce infant mortality in Columbus and Franklin County. She has received numerous honors including an appointment by President Obama to chair the National Women’s Business Council; Columbus Hall of Fame; Who’s Who in Black Columbus Lifetime Achievement Award; King Arts Complex Legends Award; Columbus Museum of Art Honoree and named by Black Enterprise Magazine as one of the top 75 in Corporate America.
About Lynnda Davis
Lynnda Maria Davis is a former corporate executive, successful entrepreneur and current community leader. After graduating with a degree in retail fashion merchandising and interior design from the University of Illinois, Lynnda went to Paris where she studied merchandising and design at the Paris American Academy.
Lynnda’s career began in retail management and finance at Gimbels Midwest. She later earned an MBA from Northwestern University and made a career transition into consumer goods marketing where she led successful project teams at both Kraft General Foods and the Quaker Oats Company.
Lynnda and her husband Steve continue to make noteworthy contributions through their business and volunteer efforts in central Ohio.