Susan Stuart Goodrich Frackelton (1848–1932) was an American painter, specializing in painting ceramics.

She was a leader in the Arts and Crafts movement in the United States and author of Tried by Fire,[1] the "most popular handbook for decorators of chinaware",[2] having reached a national audience.

[6] Frackelton sued for divorce from her husband due to his inability to support the family and cruel and inhuman treatment, including engaging in "one series of cursing and swearing at the new woman."

[12] Frackelton was successful as a 19th-century woman artist, including having been the creator of the Blue and Grey pottery, painter of china and maker of book illuminations: Her innovation in those art forms helped elevate American decorative arts to a standard of excellence and, at the same time, dispelled any myths about women being unable to rise above the rank of an amateur artist.

Akin to women of today, she used her talents as an artist and entrepreneur to break through the bonds of traditional gender roles, both in the art world and society...

The medals and awards that she won dispelled any notions that a woman could compete on a national and international stage in the ceramic arts.

[6]In 1892 she founded the National League of Mineral Painters, which included members Adelaïde Alsop Robineau and Mary Chase Perry.