In 1884[REF][REF] or 1885,[REF] Smith attended the Philadelphia School of Design for Women (now Moore College of Art and Design)[REF] and in 1885 attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) in Philadelphia under Thomas Eakins and Thomas Anshute's supervision [REF].
Smith met Elizabeth Shippen Green and Violet Oakley while studying at Drexel with whom she would share talent, mutual interests, and lifelong friendship.