WOBURN (CBS) – On Tuesday, furniture was delivered to Gloria Scott, the 72-year-old Woburn woman who got help from a few strangers looking to fix up her house.

Following the release of her 2016 monograph, Gloria Cortina: Mexico (Editorial RM), the designer will have her first furniture exhibition, at Manhattan’s tastemaking Cristina Grajales Gallery.

Gloria Horwitz Jacobus was a feminist by example. She started a Dallas custom furniture business, building on woodworking skills she developed by making dollhouse furniture and toys for her ...