Background
Owings, Rachel Harriet was born on July 8, 1926 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Charles Croasdale and Rachel (Bulley) Trump.
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Owings, Rachel Harriet was born on July 8, 1926 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Charles Croasdale and Rachel (Bulley) Trump.
Student, Philadelphia University Art, 1945.
Children's teacher art Philadelphia University Art, 1944-1946. Designer custom needlepoint Sinkler Studio-Bryn Mawr Studio, Radnor and Bryn Mawr, 1948-1952. Illustrator, craft designer Jack and Jill magazine, Philadelphia, 1953-1971.
Greeting card designer Abel Cards, Media, Pennsylvania, 1955-1971. Freelance television illustrator and performer Public Broadcasting Service television, from 1955. Freelance illustrator to music with various symphony orchestras, Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore, since 1955.
Freelance school assembly performer, Philadelphia, New York City, Massachusetts, Washington, since 1955. Book illustrator Clark Davis/Vantage Press, Darnestown, Maryland and New York City, 1988-1990.
Leader, trainer Girl Scouts United States of America, Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, 1959-1966. Leader, counselor Boy Scouts American, Gladwyne, 1961-1970. Sunday school teacher Presbyterian and Congressional churches, Gladwyne and Worcester, Massachusetts, 1970-1974.
Board directors Fairfax County Council Arts, Annandale, Virginia, 1973-1976. Member Childrens Book Guild Washington (chairman speakers bureau since 1985).
Married James Lee Owings, November 1, 1947. Children: Marjorie Lee, Charles Nathaniel, John Stanley.