Hearts and hands : the influence of women & quilts on American society

Name/Title

Hearts and hands : the influence of women & quilts on American society

Entry/Object ID

NK9198.5.U6.F47

Description

Reveals the important role played by women and quilts in the nineteenth century's great movements and events - industrialization, the abolition of slavery, the Civil War, the westward expansion and pioneer experience, temperance and, finally, suffrage. Within the stunning, photograph-laden pages, nineteenth-century American life - as it was experienced and recorded by women - comes alive.

Lexicon

Search Terms

material culture--united states, quilting--united states, quiltmakers, quilts, quilts--united states, women artists

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Book

Book Details

Author

Pat Ferrero, Elaine Hedges, Julie Silber

Publisher

Quilt Digest Press

Place Published

City

San Francisco, CA

Date Published

1987

Call No.

NK9198.5.U6.F47

ISBN

091332714X, 9780913327142

LCCN

87013957

Notes

Length: 109