Nancy Coonsman

An haifi Nancy Coonsman a St.Louis,Missouri,a ranar 28 ga Agusta,1887,'yar Robert A.Coonsman (b.1851) da Henrietta "Nettie"Hynson(b.1854).

Bayan ta wuce makarantun gwamnati,mahaifiyarta ta yi tasiri a kan ta wajen bunkasa basirar da ta fara nunawa,wanda ita kanta ta mallaki digiri mai daraja tun tana karama,amma ba ta taba samun damar bunkasa ba.Rodney Coonsman,ɗan'uwanta,yana sha'awar takardar kuɗi na wata jarida ta gida,kuma matarsa ta kasance mai fasaha mai suna.
Ta sauke karatu daga Central High School a 1906.Coonsman ya ɗauki kwas na shekaru huɗu a Makarantar St.Louis na Fine Arts na Jami'ar Washington a St.Louis,a cikin 1911 a matsayin ɗalibin girmamawa a ƙarƙashin George Julian Zolnay.An ba da wannan gata ne kawai waɗanda suka nuna gwanintar da ba a saba gani ba.Sannan ta yi karatu a Philadelphia a Kwalejin Fasaha ta Pennsylvania tare da Charles Grafly, sannan a New York City karkashin Abastenia St. Leger Eberle

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Nancy Coonsman ta baje kolin a Kwalejin Fasaha ta Pennsylvania,Cibiyar Zane ta New York da Nunin Mawakan Yammacin Yamma.

Ga aikinta mai sauƙi,maɓuɓɓugan ruwa,na kayan ado na ciki da na lambu,sun kasance suna ɗaukar hankalinta koyaushe.Coonsman ya sanya maɓuɓɓugar ruwa a cikin Mullanphy Floral Shop,wani maɓuɓɓuga na tsakiya tare da kyawawan kerubobi, kuma ya yi wani kyakkyawan tsari don sabon gidan Randolph Laughlin,"Lachlin,"a cikin gundumar St.Louis.Wata 'yar karamar yarinya St.Louis ta gabatar da wannan.Siffatu biyu ce,ita kuma nata tana durkusa akan duwatsu masu lebur suna kama ruwan da ke cikin wata ganyen lili,wacce ta rike a hannunta,tana ratsa dutsen.

Wani buri kuma shi ne a yi manyan ’yan aikin noma a babbar hanya ta al’ada,amma a St.Louis buƙatu ko kira ga irin wannan aikin ba su taso ba sau da yawa.

Coonsman ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin malami,a matsayin mataimaki a Makarantar Fasaha,darussa masu zaman kansu,kuma akai-akai a Bishop Robertson Hall.

Ta yi hoton Ruth Felker.Ya kasance mai mutunci da gaskiya ga rayuwa.Wani zane na Eloise Wells wani yanki ne mai kayatarwa,da na Elsie Blackman da Georgia Cady. 
An zaɓi Coonsman akan adadin masu fafatawa don aiwatar da sassaka don maɓuɓɓuga don Tunawa da Kincaid da za a kasance a cikin lambun da aka ruɗe a bayan Laburaren Makarantar Jama'a.Margaret Kincaid ta Louisiana, Missouri,ta ba da gudummawar kuɗi don maɓuɓɓugar ruwan sha,inda ta bayyana cewa dole ne a buɗe gasar ga mata kawai.Coonsman ya kuma tsara benci biyu na siminti a kusa waɗanda ke da goyan bayan elves.