Background
Emma Edwards Green was born Emma Sarah Etine Edwards in 1856 to Emma Jeanne Catherine Richard and former Missouri Governor John Cummins Edwards in Stockton, California.
Emma Edwards Green was born Emma Sarah Etine Edwards in 1856 to Emma Jeanne Catherine Richard and former Missouri Governor John Cummins Edwards in Stockton, California.
She designed the State of Idaho, used also on the Flag of Idaho, and is the only woman to have designed a state seal. She decided to stay in Boise and began teaching art classes. In 1891, Edwards was invited to submit a design for the State competition sponsored by the First Legislature for the State of Idaho.
On May 5, 1891, Edwards was awarded $100 by Governor North. B. Willey for her design of the state Great, which depicts a miner, a woman and various natural resources of Idaho.
The original painting is now held at the Idaho State Historical Society. A few years after designing the State of Idaho, Edwards married James G. Green.