Background
Druesedow, Jean Ruth Lawrence was born on May 3, 1942 in Wauseon, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Howard Hugh and Sarah Ramona (Bowland) Lawrence.
Druesedow, Jean Ruth Lawrence was born on May 3, 1942 in Wauseon, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Howard Hugh and Sarah Ramona (Bowland) Lawrence.
AB, Indiana University, 1964. AM, Indiana University, 1966.
Instructor in speech, costume designer, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio., 1967-1972; lecturer in speech, U. Maryland., European and Mediterranean Divisions, 1972-1973; instructor in speech, costume designer, Eastern Kentucky U., Richmond, 1974-1978; Adjunct Professor arts administration, costume stuies, New York University, since 1984; curatorial assistant, The Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, 1978-1981; assistant curator, The Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, 1981-1984; associate curator in charge, The Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum Art, 5, 1984-1992. Lecturer in field United States and abroad.
Member Costume Society American (membership secretary 1980-1982, vice president 1982-1986, president 1986-1990, board directors since 1986), International Committee for the Museums and Collections of Costume (working commission on costume, chair commission on education), Centre Internatioanl d'Etude des Textiles Anciens, Fashion's Inner Circle (president 1990, steering committee), Textile Society American, Needle and Bobbin Club, The Blue Hill Troupe Ltd. (president 1988). F C.
Married John Edward Druesedow, September 1, 1962 (divorced September 1971).