Born in Dallas, Ligon studied art in that city with Thomas M. Stell.
[1] Ligon was a member of the Frank Reaugh Art Circle during her career.
[2] In 1939 she was one of eight women who founded the Printmakers Guild, later called Texas Printmakers, to challenge the male-dominated Lone Star Printmakers; the others were Lucile Land Lacy, Stella LaMond, Bertha Landers, Mary Lightfoot, Blanche McVeigh, Coreen May Spellman, and Lura Ann Taylor.
[1] One of her paintings, an oil on Masonite entitled Jimson Weed, is currently owned by the Dallas Art Museum.
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