Mary Cassatt was born in Pennsylvania in 1844. When she was seven, her family moved to Europe. They wanted their children to understand European ways and the people who lived there. They travelled a lot and she had visited many countries by the time she was 10 years old. After four years they returned to America. 

In those days, women didn't have professions, and there were very few women artists. Her family did not approve when she decided that she would become an artist. She studied first in Philadelphia. She happened to be in Chicago in 1871 when the huge fire broke out there. She lost many of her paintings in that fire. 

She went to Paris to study painting. She met Camille Pissarro there. He taught her Impressionism, a method of painting where the artists used small strokes of unmixed color1s to create an image. She once said of Pissarro that " _ " because he was such a good teacher. She spent a lot of time at the Louvre Museum copying paintings of the famous artists. 

In 1874, her sister, Lydia, came to live with her in Paris. Lydia was her best friend and posed for many of Mary's paintings. Three years later, her parents came to Paris, also to live with them. Lydia became very ill and died from a disease. Mary missed her very much. Her parents became elderly and she cared for them, but she still found time to paint. 

One of the more interesting works of Mary Cassatt is her painting, Portrait of Mrs. Curry, Sketch of Mr. Cassatt. Though she never had children of her own, she loved children and painted portraits of the children of her friends and family. She became known as the painter of mothers and children. 

She lost her sight due to cataracts in her eyes in 1914 and was not able to paint during the later years of her life. QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What was Mary Cassatt's birth year?
2. When was Mary Cassatt born?
3. What was the year of Mary Cassatt's birth?
Q2:
1. Where was Mary Cassatt born?
2. What was the birthplace of Mary Cassatt?
3. What state was Mary Cassatt born in?
Q3:
1. Where did Mary Cassatt's family move when she was seven?
2. When Mary Cassatt was 7, where did her family go?
3. Where did Mary Cassatt's family set up shop when the girl was seven?
Q4:
1. Did Mary Cassatt's family approve when she decided to become an artist?
2. Was Mary Cassatt's family ok with her decision to become an artist?
3. Was Mary Cassatt's decision to become an artist met with the approval of her family?
Q5:
1. Why didn't Mary Cassatt's family approve of her becoming an artist?
2. What made Mary Cassatt's family express disapproval in her becoming an artist?
3. Why wasn't Mary Cassatt's family in favor of her becoming an artist?
Q6:
1. Who did Mary Cassatt meet in Paris while studying painting?
2. While Mary Cassatt was in Paris studying painting, who did she come across?
3. Who did Mary Cassatt make the acquaintance of while she was in Paris studying painting?
Q7:
1. What did Mary Cassatt learn from Camille Pissarro?
2. What did Camille Pissaro teach Mary Cassatt?
3. What did Camille give Mary Cassatt mroe information about?
Q8:
1. Why did Mary Cassatt's family move to Europe in the first place?
2. What drew Mary Cassatt's family to Europe in the first place?
3. What had originally brought Mary Cassatt's family to Europe?
Q9:
1. What was the first place that Mary Cassatt studied?
2. Where did Mary Cassatt study first?
3. Where did Mary Cassatt first go to study?
Q10:
1. What did Mary Cassatt become known for painting?
2. Mary Cassatt became famous for painting what subjects?
3. What subjects did Mary Cassatt come to be associated with painting?
Q11:
1. What year did Mary Cassatt's family return to America?
2. When did Mary Cassatt's family go back to America?
3. In what year did Mary Cassatt's family make the trip back to the United States?
Q12:
1. How does the article describe impressionism?
2. What description is given of impressionism?
3. What does the article have to say by way of defining impressionism?
Q13:
1. When Mary Cassatt lived in Chicago in 1871, what happened?
2. What took place while Mary Cassatt was living in Chicago?
3. What tokok placein 1871, during Mary Cassatt's time living in Chicago?
Q14:
1. Who joined Mary Cassatt in her home in Paris in 1874?
2. Who came to live with Mary Cassatt in her Paris home in 1874?
3. Who came to Paris to live with 1874?
Q15:
1. Did anyone besides Mary Cassatt's sister come to live with her in Paris?
2. Was there anyone besides her sister that came to Paris to live with Mary Cassatt?
3. Was Mary Cassatt joined in her Paris home by anyone other than her sister?
