May Irene Burrows was born in Atlanta, Illinois, December 16, 1861; to Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Burrows. She was educated in Atlanta High School and Illinois State Normal University, and was a teacher seven years in the public schools of Minier, Atlanta and Tonica, Illinois, during which time she was pursuing the study of Art.
She spent the session of '86 and '87 in Eureka College as Art instructor, since which time she has studied art in New York under the ablest artists of this country.
Her life has been a steady advance toward success in her chosen profession.
At present she is finishing her third year as Art instructor in St. Mary's Hall, Faribault, Minnesota.
Her mother was of Swiss and her father of EngIish descent.
Source:
A History of Eureka College, St. Louis: Christian Publishing
Company, 1894.