Born in Green Cove Springs, is best known as a sculptor, yet also achieved some recognition as a portrait artist and a poet.
Her determination and ability was evidenced by the ducks modeled out of the moist, red, Green Cove clay, in spite of the chastisement received from her minister father that she was making "graven images".
Leading the way for African-American artists, Mrs. Savage broke down many of the long-standing racial barriers of the art world. She was recognized in the New York City art community as both an artist and a teacher. Not only is she known for the portrait busts of famous men and women but her images of every day people in the black community.
Unfortunately, much of Ms. Savage's work has not survived because she could not afford to cast the pieces she made in bronze. One of the few examples of her work that has survived is, "The Diving Boy" a 34-inch bronze figure of a diving boy, bequest of Nina M.H. Cummer, Jacksonville, Florida.