Researching Joan Woollard
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The name Joan means "God's gracious gift" and is of Hebrew origin.
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Joan Elizabeth Woollard
Joan Elizabeth Woollard, PPRBSA (25 September 1916 – 30 January 2008) was a Birmingham, England born artist, mainly specialising in sculpture. She was a member of the Royal British Society of Women Sculptors and a member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA) as well as being its first female President between 1978 and 1980.
Woollard was the only child of Catherine Elizabeth Richards (1878–1941) and Frank George Woollard (1883–1957) who married in 1910. The entire family is buried at St Peters Church in Wootton Wawen.
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