Helen V. Morgan: Interior designer was a 'trailblazer'

Helen Morgan was always creative, but like many young women in the mid-20th century, she went to secretarial school and raised a family.

She tapped into her creative genes by taking painting classes while her children grew up. But it wasn't until Morgan was in her 40s that she decided to go back to school and study fine arts.

And so, the Pennsylvania native enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh.

It took her six years she attended classes part-time while she raised her family but she earned her degree.

"She was a trailblazer for young women somebody who reinvented herself mid-life," said her daughter Ginger Robinson of Orlando.

Morgan went on to become a successful interior designer in Pittsburgh and later Central Florida when she moved to Orlando.

Morgan died July 27 of cancer. She was 91.

Robinson said that in an era when women were starting to feel empowered, her mother became a much more liberal person.

"She decided she was going to make her mark," Robinson said.

While Morgan attended the University of Pittsburgh, she started teaching fashion academy students in Pittsburgh about textiles, fabric and other elements of interior design.

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Helen V. Morgan: Interior designer was a 'trailblazer'