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Unconditional Satisfaction GuaranteeNo Shipping Fees Above 302 Months to Decide. Returns Simplified.28 contemporary art quilts by award-winning artists, both men and women, recognizes unsung suffragists.
An unusually creativehonoring of the 19th Amendment’s centennialit was ratified August 18, 1920. Twenty-nine award-winning textile artists from across the United States each crafted a quilt celebrating womens suffrage. These dazzlingly varied, sometimes troubling, always inspiringartworks reflect the long and continuing fight for equal rights for all.
Introductions summarize the history of womens suffrage, an even more complicated subject than you might think, then dozens ofart quilts continue the learning.Male artists are included to acknowledge the support of many men for womens suffrage, and African American artists and suffragists are recognized as well.
Although the 19th Amendment made a huge stride forward for womens rights, in many voting situations that right extended to white women only because of prejudicial practices.All royalties will be shared equally between the New England Quilt Museum and Texas Quilt Museum.[AuthorName]By Sandra Sider and Pamela Weeks[/AuthorName][AuthorBio]Sandra Sider is the editor ofArt Quilt Quarterlyand is curator of the Texas Quilt Museum. Pamela Weeks is curator of the New England Quilt Museum. She is a quilter, fiber artist, and quilt historian.
Pamela Weeks is the Binney Family Curator of the New England Quilt Museum. She is a quilt historian and quilter, and co-author of Civil War Quilts with Don Beld.[/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]71 color images[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle]Celebrating 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage[/SubTitle][ColorPattern]71 color images[/ColorPattern]
