 Her early life was spent moving among the various royal residences in the company of her family . When her father , the Prince Consort , died on 14 December 1861 , the court went into a period of intense mourning , to which Louise was unsympathetic . Louise was an able sculptor and artist , and several of her sculptures remain today . She was also a supporter of the feminist movement , corresponded with Josephine Butler , and visited Elizabeth Garrett . She held that " the subject of Domestic Economy lies at the root of the – highest life of every true woman . " 
