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Elsa Emilie Ulbricht (March 15 1885-1980) She was born in Milwaukee Wisconsin was a known educator as well as an artist. At a young age she set a goal in mind and studied at Milwaukee Normal School. Where she completed an education degree before attending the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York where she graduated in 1991. Throughout those recent years after graduation, she was influenced by known artists Alexander Mueller Frederick Fursman, and George Raab. For making Ulbricht into who she was she recognized her lithographic skills to Robert Von Neumann. One of the more significant roles that Ulbricht held was that of Director of the Milwaukee Art Institute. Her various skill that included Basketry, weaving, Mechanical Drawing and teaching clay modeling helped her organization to develop the WPA (Works Progress Administration) Handicraft Project. Harriet P Clinton who was the District Director of the Women’s division of the WPA within the Milwaukee County. She wanted to create a work program that would aid in offering unskilled women who had low paying and gender specific jobs a better program by employing women to make handicrafts. Handicrafts such as scrapbooks using wallpaper clippings and making baskets Clinton reached out to Ulbricht to help influence this new campaign she intended to launch. Ulbricht who was an educator at Milwaukee State Teacher’s College, before moving her educational talents to the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee. Ulbricht whose name has been focused on teaching, art and craftsperson was disgusted at the thought of picturing women making items so meaning less was wallpaper scrapbooks. Currently you can find and Acquire pieces of Ulbricht’s work such as one of many her stencil sketching’s, “Nude woman Sitting” various Self-portraits, and “Study of a Lady Reading”. Along with her oil paintings “Country Church 1936” Elsa Emilie Ulbricht has the legacy of one of the great pioneers in Midwestern art, more so in Wisconsin art. Citation: “WPA Milwaukee Handicraft Project.” Milwaukee Public Museum, https://www.mpm.edu/research-collections/history/online-collections-research/wpa-milwaukee-handicraft-project. “Artist Biography & Factselsa Emilie Ulbricht.” Elsa Emilie Ulbricht - Biography, https://www.askart.com/artist/Elsa_Emilie_Ulbricht/10055039/Elsa_Emilie_Ulbricht.aspx.