Education
Born Harriett Theresa Bishop in Louisville on February 12, 1858, Hattie attended Louisville and Boston private schools before going to Europe in 1886.
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Career
Her music education continued for six years there in Berlin and Rome at the age of 28. Upon returning to Louisville, Mississippi Bishop resumed her life as a piano teacher and performer.
After visiting the Vedders at their homes in Rome and on the island of Capri, Hattie came to know American painters, Charles Caryl Coleman and George Randolph Barse.
Hattie Bishop married prominent Louisville businessman, James Breckinridge Speed, in 1906. She was 48 and he was 62.
Traveling extensively throughout the United States as well as abroad, the two enjoyed collecting paintings and sculptures. Mistress Speed served as the first president and director of the art museum.
Mistress Speed. was also a fervent advocate of Louisville"s American Red Cross Hospital, which had been founded by African-American physicians and operating the only nurse training program in Kentucky open to black women.
Hattie Speed served on the hospital"s advisory board and helped fund many of the hospital"s operations. Hattie Speed died in 1942.
