Katherine Butler Hathaway was born in 1890 in Massachusetts, and was afflicted with tuberculosis of the spine from an early age. She spent her childhood confined to her bedroom, and was left both stunted and hunchbacked. However, her imagination was never confined, and later in her life she purchased her own sanctuary where she could live alone and become the autonomous artist she had always dreamed of.
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In 1895, a specialist straps five-year-old Katharine Hathaway, then suffering from spinal tuberculosis, to a board with halters and pulleys in a failed attempt to prevent her from becoming a “hunchback” like the “little locksmith” who does odd job... SEE MORE