Education
Although by all accounts Martha was an excellent student she declined to attend college after her high school graduation, instead choosing to become a full time apprentice to her father, who was a respected furniture decorator. Working under her father she quickly mastered the restoration and decoration of antique furniture and started to gain her own reputation as an adept craftswoman.
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Famous quotes containing the word education:
“We have not been fair with the Negro and his education. He has not had adequate or ample education to permit him to qualify for many jobs that are open to him.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
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—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
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