Attractive Frances Baker

By Amy Weiss

Sep 5 2019

This specimen arrived as part of an exchange from another herbarium, wrapped in a copy of the Boston Daily Globe from October 17, 1946. I would pick the adjectives "fierce" or "determined" to describe Frances Baker.

A Closer Look


Newspaper photo caption:
Attractive Frances Baker is a member of the committee helping plan tomorrow's much-anticipated "October Ball" for the post-debs.