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Katherine O'Donnell was born with a disfiguring strawberry birthmark across the lower part of her face. In 1880s London, that was enough to discourage suitors. Love was something that she yearned, but never found within her reach. Out of necessity, she became adept at covering inside her home and behind makeups she formulated and applied herself. When tragedy upended her modest life and dumped her out onto the pavements, she was bereft of options. Eager, she responded an ad for a mortuary associate, applying makeup to cadavers. She recognized what she possessed to do when asked what skills she possessed that experienced her for the position. Kate brazenly used her kerchief to wiped away the concealing powders and stand before them, birthmark unveiled and visible. She learned to find beauty in her newfound art, forming masques to help make the inactive resemble the living. If only her education possessed ended there.
