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  Was born in Munster, Westphalia Germany.
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  She became the first woman sculpture student accepted in the Munich Art Academy.
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  Ney and Montgomery decided to move to America
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  Was participating in political intrigue when events forced the couple to leave Europe hastily.
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  After living in Georgia for two years, they chose Texas as their permanent home
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  They had a second child, little Arthur, not quite two years old, died of diphtheria.
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  Commissioned to model Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin for the Chicago World's Fair.
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  Elisabet Ney died at the age of 74