About Violet Oakley

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    The following is a press release from Richard Saiers, Capitol Preservation Committee, Harrisburg, PA: May 2003

    PA CAPITOL PRESERVATION COMMITTEE HONORS LT. GOV. CATHERINE BAKER KNOLL AND INTRODUCES TRIBUTE BOOK ABOUT CAPITOL ARTIST VIOLET OAKLEY

    HARRISBURG, PA-On June 10, 2003-the 129th anniversary of the birth of Capitol artist Violet Oakley (1874-1961)- Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Clymer will honor Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll with an official proclamation, and introduce the Committee's newly published book entitled "A Sacred Challenge: Violet Oakley and the Pennsylvania Capitol Murals".

    Making history as the first woman elected to the Office of Lieutenant Governor of the ...

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