Clara Driscoll (glass designer)

Unusual for that time, she, along with her equally bright and motivated three younger sisters, was encouraged to pursue a higher education.

[6] Through the combined efforts of Martin Eidelberg (professor emeritus of art history at Rutgers University), Nina Gray (another independent scholar and former curator at the New-York Historical Society), and Margaret K. Hofer (curator of decorative arts, New-York Historical Society), the involvement of Clara Driscoll and other "Tiffany Girls" in designing Tiffany lamps was widely publicized.

[2][3] The New York Times quoted Gray as saying: "They brought out two books and several boxes, all letters, and I think the first thing I read was about how she had designed a daffodil lamp.

The two historians compared notes after they crossed paths at Kent State University, where they were both tracking down more of Driscoll's correspondence.

The New York Times on February 25, 2007, reported: "As the exhibition was being installed, some of these little metal silhouettes used to make a gorgeous daffodil lamp shade were still jumbled in a box on a storage table.

Meaningless on their own, when put in order they bring to life an exquisite object, just as the show itself, a puzzle now assembled, illuminates the talented women who had long stood in the shadow of a celebrated man."