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Who We Are
Louise Chase
'Lady Captain'
Louise never let Amos out of her sight again after he returned from his captivity on Pohnpei Island, in the South Pacific, at the end of the Civil War. She was said to be stern: Annie recalls only being allowed to sew and read the bible and being confined to the cabin, desperately bored. But we believe Louise would have had to successfully serve so many roles (from provisioner to gardener to nurse to navigator to helpmeet to batten-downer of hatches) that she must have had some flexibility – some of which rubbed off on Annie.
Annie Chase
'The Reluctant Whaling Child'
Annie felt thwarted by Louise as a child, as she went from dead bored, then to all-too-terrified. She went on to the strictures of finishing school (the first and last in our family). It must have been quite a transition, as we day today, but how happy she looks here, learning violin! And she met her husband as they co-starred in an operetta that was part of the experience!
great-granddaughter of Annie
Louise Chase Rose
Daughter of Annie Chase, and beloved of her grandchildren, Louise has emerged as a marvelous family and excursion photographer, taking many value-laden snapshots as early as 1910. Her Peak's Island series will be featured in an upcoming collection called Annie's Walls. She took the picture of her daughters and their dolls, below.
Annie, Janet & Betty Grant
Grammy's Girls
Grand-daughters Anne, Janet, and Betty (4th, 5th & 6th from left) were irrepressible, all graduates of Girls Latin School and Simmons College. They were known for their amazing sense of humor, and their love of Annie
Anne Grant Fisher remembered Annie's bedtime stories best, and wrote the poem about them that is the inspiration for many of our products. She also kept the archives, likely having evinced interest whilst Annie was alive.
Janet Grant Phillips,
Amy's mother, joined the Red Cross as a social worker during the war. She wrote a letter to her parents on the last day of the war in the Pacific as seen through the eyes of the 'boys' she nurtured into civilian life.
Amy Louise Phillips-Losso
Our site and product designer is Annie’s great-granddaughter Amy Louise Phillips-Losso (far right). Possessor of both a GED and PhD, Amy became a teacher and counselor to those on the autism spectrum, then a professor teaching about multiple human services. She has been something of an artist most of her life.
Amy's retail expertise came as a store co-owner whilst not going to high school, and as a visual merchandising assistant on many large malls & mall projects.
Amy was inspired to design all of the RWGLLC products by her clients and students, by her Creative Team, by family albums, scrapbooks, conversations, and bedtime stories; by her ‘Annie Imaginings’ art exploring what a child would feel and understand and imagine in a world like this; and most importantly, by a poem her aunt Anne wrote for Amy entitled ‘Annie.’
And Featuring, The Cousins
Eagerly Awaiting One Another at the Family Table
In this picture are the great-granddaughters and sons of Annie's daughter Louise. As Annie co-raised our mothers, we all learned the stories from them, remembering different things and in different ways, invaluable to the project. (Not pictured here are Susan and Ellen, off being being teens, but always a part).
Janet, a writer, counselor and pastor, cares for Janet Rose, Annie's doll aboard ship, having been so so appointed by her mother Anne. Amy is RWGLLC proprietor. Andy is an early-adopter in computing and business. Tom, Amy's brother, had a talent for putting family memories in context in time and space, and is a mechanic, welder, and sculptor. Ben is a superb musician and teacher. Tony, a minister, did the most research and archiving before Amy, penning an invaluable essay on Amos, and finding the astounding photographs of the Niger 'in Arctic or Antarctic Waters' that we use on many products. Janet, Amy, Tom, Tony always lived within a mile of one another, and Andy and Ben would join up with us in the summer, as if they had never gone.
