Willoughby Ions

Willoughby Ions (1881-1977) was an American composer, artist, poet and dramatist. She was an Art administrator for the Federal Art Project.

Life

Born Estelle de Willoughby Ions in New Orleans, she was married twice.[1] She wrote the play The Age of Innocents and the opera All in a Golden Springtime. She was a member of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia.[2] She was a partner of Adèle Clark, who was her first cousin.[3][1]

Some of her artworks are held at the National Gallery.[4] Her papers are held at the Virginia Historical Society.[1] In 1964 she was interviewed as part of an oral history project by the Archives of American Art.[5]

References
  1. "Goodman Family". Virginia Historical Society. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. Beth Marschak, Alex Lorch (2008). Lesbian and Gay Richmond. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-5368-9.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  4. "Willoughby Ions". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  5. "Oral history interview with Willoughby Ions, 1964 Mar. 11". www.aaa.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-16.


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