Answer:
Her birth name was Augusta Christine Fells (she would later take the last name "Savage" from her second husband). She grew up in a poor family and was the seventh of fourteen children. Augusta discovered as a child that she enjoyed making small sculptures and had a real talent for art.
Step-by-step explanation:
Childhood and Early life
Augustus Fells was born to a Methodist minister, Edward Fells and Cornelia Murphy on February 29, 1892 in Green Cove Springs, Florida. As a child,she began modelling using red clay in her hometown. She mostly made small animal sculptures. Her father, a methodist minister was however against his daughter's love for art. She got whipped most of the time for modelling as his father believed making sculptures was a sinful practice.
Despite the several objections and efforts by her father to stop her, Augusta could not help but make more sculptures. In 1915, when her family moved to West Palm Beach, Florida, she faced a new challenge; lack of clay. Savage eventually found a local potter who gave her some materials. She then entered a county fair where her work was great and well received. Besides winning a prize, she also got the support of George Graham Currie, the fair's superintendent who motivated her to embrace and study art.
Her family also embraced her love for sculpturing and her father allowed her to start teaching an art class, which was mostly for modelling. This was the beginning of her lifelong devotion to teaching art. In 1919, Augustus Fells was given a booth at the county fair at Palm Beach where she won the first prize of $25 and an award for showcasing the most original exhibit.