Biographical information on the pioneering 20th century American ceramicist Beatrice
Wood, who lived to be 105, is available from numerous sources, including her autobiography,
I Shock Myself. It is also available in the entry offered by the Beatrice
Wood Center for theat the Besant School, where she formerly taught.
Born in
1893 and raised in an affluent California family, Wood studied art in Paris until World War I
forced her to return to the United States. While studying theater in New York, she became
involved with the...
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