Emily Edwards was a co-founder and first president of the San Antonio Conservation Society.
12 Facts About Emily Edwards
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Emily Edwards was an artist, historian and teacher, and a lifelong friend of Diego Rivera.
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Emily Edwards is remembered as being a key figure in preventing the paving over of the part of the San Antonio River that is known as the San Antonio River Walk.
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Green and Emily Edwards assembled what they believed were a cross-section of San Antonio's population who were interested in protesting the razing of a house that lay in the path of a proposed San Antonio River bypass.
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Emily Edwards served as the SACS president for two years, overseeing the organization's efforts to preserve the uniqueness of San Antonio.
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Emily Edwards was born one of four daughters on October 7,1888, to Frank Mudge Edwards and his wife Lillian Brockway Edwards of San Antonio.
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When she was seven years old, Emily Edwards's mother died, leaving her father to raise four daughters as a single father.
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Emily Edwards took classes from Pompeo Coppini in Texas, and Diego Rivera in Mexico.
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Emily Edwards trained with Harry Mills Walcott, John Vanderpoel, Ralph Clarkson and Enella Benedict.
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Emily Edwards enrolled in the Art Institute of Chicago in 1905, and became an employee of the institute.
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Emily Edwards expanded her creative skills by working as a stage designer in New York City, and performing as a puppeteer in Massachusetts.
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Emily Edwards took classes from Diego Rivera, and remained a friend of his throughout the rest of his life.