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Is one of your lost ladies ... Laura Lee Burroughs? I recently purchased a paper backed book Volume 2 titled "Flower Arranging , A fascinating Hobby" copyright 1941. This is some information that i found on the author. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34986595/laura_hammond-burroughs/photo

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I did not know of her but will add her to my list! Thanks for finding her!

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another fascinating post! These women intrigue me. So prescient “..Just what goes into the composition of the food we eat is becoming more and more a matter of inquiry by the consumer.” 1908!!

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Yes, prescient is the right word for it. I have another fascinating one for the next one. Just discovered her hiding on my bookshelf...

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