Color image of the Swedish-language headstone of Swan Swanson in Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery Cemetery in Minneapolis, 2016. Photographed by Paul Nelson.

Swedish-language headstone of Swan Swanson

Swedish-language headstone of Swan Swanson in Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery Cemetery in Minneapolis, 2016. Photographed by Paul Nelson.

Color image of a headstone set into the base of a tree at Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery in Minneapolis, 2016. Photographed by Paul Nelson.

Headstone set into the base of a tree at Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery

Headstone set into the base of a tree at Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery in Minneapolis, 2016. Photographed by Paul Nelson.

Color image of a German-language headstone in Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery in Minneapolis, 2016. Photographed by Paul Nelson.

German-language headstone in Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery

German-language headstone in Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery in Minneapolis, 2016. Photographed by Paul Nelson.

Color image of a roken headstone at Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery in Minneapolis, 2016. Photographed by Paul Nelson.

Broken headstone at Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery

Broken headstone at Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery in Minneapolis, 2016. Photographed by Paul Nelson.

Color image of a repaired headstone at Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery in Minneapolis, 2016. Photographed by Paul Nelson.

Repaired headstone at Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery

Repaired headstone at Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery in Minneapolis, 2016. Photographed by Paul Nelson.

Black and white photograph of Philander Prescott’s grave marker, ca. 1920.

Philander Prescott’s grave marker

Philander Prescott’s grave marker, ca. 1920.

Color image of the graves of (left to right) Nelly Erichsen, Rose Cleveland, and Evangeline Whipple in Bagni di Lucca Cemetery, 2014. Photograph by Tilly Laskey.

Graves of (left to right) Nelly Erichsen, Rose Cleveland, and Evangeline Whipple

Graves of (left to right) Nelly Erichsen, Rose Cleveland, and Evangeline Whipple in Bagni di Lucca Cemetery, 2014. Photograph by Tilly Laskey.

Black and white photograph of Bishop Henry B. Whipple and Evangeline Marrs Simpson Whipple, 1898.

Bishop Henry B. Whipple and Evangeline Marrs Simpson Whipple

Bishop Henry B. Whipple and Evangeline Marrs Simpson Whipple, 1898.

Whipple, Evangeline Marrs Simpson (1857–1930)

At the turn of the twentieth century, Evangeline Whipple used her wealth to improve the lives of women, people of color, and the poor. She supported social justice for Native Americans in Minnesota, for African Americans in Florida, and for villagers and World War I refugees in Bagni di Lucca, Italy.

Color image of Bethlehem Academy, Faribualt, 2016. Photograph by Paul Nelson.

Bethlehem Academy, Faribualt

Bethlehem Academy, Faribualt, 2016. Photograph by Paul Nelson.

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