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Georgia O'Keeffe

Mar 23, 2021

In celebration of Women's History Month, the General Land Office team takes a journey from Wisconsin to New Mexico along the path of one of the most iconic painters of the 20th century, known as the "Mother of American Modernism," Georgia O’Keeffe. Georgia Totto O'Keeffe was born November 15, 1887, on a farm near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Her father, Francis Calixtus O'Keeffe was of Irish heritage, and her mother, Ida Totto was of Dutch and Hungarian descent. Read more on ArcGIS Story Maps.

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