Nineteenth-century American life as it was experienced and recorded by women comes alive in these photograph-laden pages. The century's great movements and events are explored through the eyes of quilters. Illustrated and indexed.
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American Women "Revealed" through their Quilting,
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This review is from: Hearts and Hands: Women, Quilts, and the American Society (Paperback)
The story of how women used quilts not only as bedcoverings, but as mementos of their friends, artistic expressions in bleak lives, political commentary when they didn't have the vote, fundraising, slogan flags--more ways than imagined! Quilts were even considered a symbol of women's repression at one time! An interesting slant on the role of women in American history (the keepers of morality!). Excellent pictures, great inspirations, and lots of fun! This book was the reference basis for the book and movie "How to Make an American Quilt."
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Interesting for all - not just women or quilters,
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Before I bought the book I saw the video three times. When I was watching it at home, one by one my family sat down and joined me. The panoramic view of American history through the quilts the women made from the Revolutionary War up through the 1800s was fascinating and touching. An excellent video and an excellent book.
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Hearts and Hands,
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I used the accompanying video in a workshop I taught at the University level. What a heartwarming and accurate trip through womens' history, linking us to them through a common craft. The book successfully informs us of their political and social challenges as we view the gorgeous creations of their hands. The music score is vital to portraying the feeling, as well, and is perfect to the subject.I recommend viewing the video for any who are interested in womens' history or in the folkart of quilting.
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In nineteenth-century America, women of every age, class, racial and ethnic background sewed. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pieced cottons, album quilts, needlework skills, friendship quilts, textile work, vintage photograph, ink work, mill girls, advice literature, plantation mistress Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Civil War, New York, United States, New England, Sanitary Commission, Frances Willard, Lucy Larcom, Harriet Powers, Woman's Christian Temperance Union, South Carolina, Elizabeth Keckley, Mary Evans, North Carolina, Sarah Josepha Hale, Underground Railroad, Contraband Relief Association, New Hampshire, The Liberator, Collection of America Hurrah Antiques, Collection of Linda Reuther, Lancaster County, Sarah Hicks Williams, Smith College, Sophia Smith Collection New!
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In nineteenth-century America, women of every age, class, racial and ethnic background sewed. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pieced cottons, album quilts, needlework skills, friendship quilts, textile work, vintage photograph, ink work, mill girls, advice literature, plantation mistress Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Civil War, New York, United States, New England, Sanitary Commission, Frances Willard, Lucy Larcom, Harriet Powers, Woman's Christian Temperance Union, South Carolina, Elizabeth Keckley, Mary Evans, North Carolina, Sarah Josepha Hale, Underground Railroad, Contraband Relief Association, New Hampshire, The Liberator, Collection of America Hurrah Antiques, Collection of Linda Reuther, Lancaster County, Sarah Hicks Williams, Smith College, Sophia Smith Collection New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Glimpses of Fifty Years (Notable American Authors) by Frances Elizabeth Willard on page 85, page 88, and Back Matter
- New England Girlhood by Lucy Larcom on page 31, page 34, and Back Matter
- The American Frugal Housewife: Dedicated to Those Who Are Not Ashamed of Economy (Cooking in America) by Lydia Marie Child on page 26, and Back Matter
- The Quilt Digest, Vol. 5 by Michael M. Kile in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Rebel for Rights: Abigail Scott Duniway (Yale Historical Publications, Miscellany, No 130) by Ruth Barnes Moynihan on page 88, and Back Matter
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