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Holt (WINIFRED an American sculptor)

WINIFRED, an American sculptor. She was born in New York and was educated at private schools and Brearley School, New York. She studied anatomy, drawing and sculpture at Florence, and elsewhere. She has exhibited at the National Sculpture Society, and Architectural League, New York, and at Berlin. Her chief commissions have been portraits, busts, and bas-reliefs.

She founded the New York Association for the Blind, and through her efforts many branches of the Association have been opened. She organized, in 1915, the Phare de Bordeaux, the first lighthouse for the blind on the continent, and also the Phare de France, opened by the French President in 1916. During the European war she was president of the Comité Franco-Americain pour les Aveugles de la Guerre. Her books include "Life of Henry Fawcett"; "Beacon for the Blind."

HOLY GRASS of South America gave origin to the MONROE DOCTRINE (q. v.). It was offered for signature to all the European Powers except the Pope and Sultan of Turkey, and accepted by all except Great Britain. The events of 1848 broke up the Holy Alliance.