Beverley Jackson (1) (1928–2020)

Beverley Jackson, née Jacobson, was born in Los Angeles, California. After graduating from Westlake School for Girls, she attended UCLA, USC, Otis Art Institute, and the Kahn Art Institute.

In 1963, she moved to Santa Barbara, and wrote the column "By the Way" for the Santa Barbara News-Press for almost 25 years. As a freelancer, she contributed articles to The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Vogue Paris, Vogue, and Time. She also wrote six books on the history of Chinese costume and custom, including the prize-winning Splendid Slippers: A Thousand Years of an Erotic Tradition (2000) on the history of Chinese footbinding.
She served as a curator of Chinese textiles at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum for 20 years, and was herself a collector of Chinese imperial robes from 1975. She also wrote the book Dolls of Spain (2017), based on her research beginning in 1968. She lectured on the subjects of her books for more than 10 years in cities around the world.