Ī lady of independent thinking and firm conviction, Miss Violet was known to stand up for her beliefs against overwhelming odds. She went to Cambridge and Woods Hole, Maine for short periods of collection and study of marine animals. Hubert Lyman Clark (1870-1947) of the Museum of Zoology at University. Following a hiatus in her art career related to an illness, Violet returned to Washington and in 1903 began to draw various specimens for scientific publication of the National Museum in the Smithsonian Institution.
Through the Sewalls, she met Howard Helmick (1845-1907) and began the study of art under his direction. Serena's conviction of belief in the tenets of the Swedenbordian Church, though made at the formative age of eighteen, were maintained through her life as evidenced by her leaving a bequest to the Church in her will.
Swedenborgians profess to step from stone to stone in life, each member choosing the truth, feeding the good in their lives, loving the good in all people, and acknowledging the living spirit that enlightens their experience. which affirms freedom of choice and following life’s path experiencing both good and evil. The Swedenborgian Church, or the New Christian Church, understands the Bible in the light of the theological writings of Emanuel Swedenborg. C., and met the family of Frank Sewall (1837-1915), theologian and pastor of he Swedenborgian or New Church in that city. In about 1896 Serena was living in Washington, D.
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