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BREAKING THROUGH A STAINED-GLASS CEILING

Tiffany’s Driscoll a shining role model

The irony of Clara Driscoll’s life is not unnoticed.

Chances are, you don’t know Driscoll. That’s understandable. Even at the height of her inventive and artistic career she was relatively unknown. We’ll get to that, but first this:

At the turn of the 20th century the world was changing dramatically. Many in urban areas were experiencing the wonders of electricity on a grand scale, literally seeing the

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