Life
She was born in New York City, the daughter of George Griswold. In 1868, she moved with her family to Dresden, Germany, where she remained for five years. In 1873, she married Schuyler Van Rensselaer and lived in New Brunswick, New Jersey. They had one child, born in February 1875. She began writing in 1876. The first woman architectural critic, she grew in influence in the 1880s.
She was president of the Public Education Association of New York.
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