Hearts and hands
Subtitle: the influence of women & quilts on American society
By: concept by Pat Ferrero ; essay by Elaine Hedges ; photographic and quilt research, selection, and captions by Julie Silber and Pat Ferrero.
Contributors: Hedges, Elaine.; Silber, Julie, 1944-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Quilt Digest Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
Subjects: Women -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Quilting -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Quilts -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial works; Material culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Material culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial works; United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
Description: This volume presents nineteenth-century American life as it was experienced and recorded by women with photograph-laden pages. The century's great movements and events are explored through the eyes of quilters. They tell the story of how women used quilts not only as bed coverings, but as mementos of their friends, artistic expressions in bleak lives, political commentary when they didn't have the vote, fund raising, and slogan flags.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 99-103.
Includes indexes.