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In 1930, while she was in Nevada for her divorce, Burr completed pilot training, and made several solo flights. She became a competitive skier and diver in mid-life, and was also an active skater. "I've a bug about keeping fit", she said in a 1961 interview. "I think people who exercise regularly can
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After a trip to Italy in 1922, Burr painted detailed murals in gesso, featuring fantasy medieval scenes, on the walls of her own home. She exhibited at the Ehrich
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Burr married twice. Her first husband was Alfred H. Ely Jr.; they married in 1914 and divorced in 1930. Her second husband was lawyer John
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After World War II, she became interested in astronomy, gave evening lectures on the night sky, and made constellation charts for school use. She compiled three volumes of biographies of the people memorialized with
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Frances Burr Ely's application for a United States passport, dated June 9, 1922, via
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tackle any strenuous activity all their lives". During World War II, she hoped to join the
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in 1932. Also in 1932, one of her paintings was the cover illustration of
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478:"Fraces Burr Mural Work at Herron Art Institute"
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87:Artist, draughtsman, astronomer, athlete, pilot
211:. She also made engineering illustrations for
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690:"Solo Flight; Divorce Fills Day for Artist"
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427:"Impressions and Notes of the Galleries"
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402:"Artist Uses Gesso Work on Wall Panels"
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553:"Frances Burr to Exhibit Gesso Murals"
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476:Morehouse, Lucille E. (1927-07-10).
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375:Kyle, Elisabeth (1929-05-28).
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571:"The Battle of Hastings"
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625:. 1948-10-04. p. 7
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