Quilters pay tribute to Black women who fought for voting rights

[Tanuki]

(Pictures at links)

https://www.theroot.com/quilter-pays-homage-to-black-women-in-history-who-fough-1847984210?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=dlvrit&utm_content=theroot


"Tha "Access Delayed” exhibition in Houston celebrates the contributions of women such as Stacey Abrams and Sojourner Truth through quilted artwork.

Some artists create art to tell a story, and a quilt exhibition in Houston is helping them to do just that—by highlighting the contributions of some African American women in history who fought for the right to vote through amazing pieces of art.

Barbara Brown Gathers, a teacher, author, and genealogist, participated in the “Access Delayed: African-American Suffragists’ Courageous Influence on the 19th Amendment” exhibition this past week to pay homage to women such as Angela Davis and Ida B. Wells, among others, along with telling the stories of Maggie Lena Walker and great-grandmother, Eliza Cowen.

According to the Houston Chronicle, the exhibition was put together by Tomasita Louviere-Ligons and Sharon Mooney for the International Quilt Festival, which has been held in Houston since 1975."

Another article about the exhibit:
https://www.chron.com/culture/article/houston-quilt-festival-access-delayed-16582740.php

[malaise]

1. Get thee to the greatest page

Beautiful. One of my siblings is a quilter - sent your link to her

[Tanuki]

3. Your sister is probably already familiar with the quilters of Gee Bend, AL,

but just in case she or other DUers have not seen their work, here are some links:

https://www.google.com/search?q=gee+bend&client=ms-android-att-us-revc&source=android-browser&prmd=imvxn&sxsrf=AOaemvJ2nFjytDyYAHIEYk4snlJBq_coYw:1636038224159&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi5-MGp_f7zAhXCRjABHQdwBiYQ_AUoAXoECAMQAQ&biw=412&bih=682&dpr=2.63





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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quilts_of_Gee%27s_Bend

"The quilts of Gee's Bend are quilts created by a group of women and their ancestors who live or have lived in the isolated African-American hamlet of Gee's Bend, Alabama along the Alabama River. The quilts of Gee's Bend are among the most important African-American visual and cultural contributions to the history of art within the United States. Arlonzia Pettway, Annie Mae Young and Mary Lee Bendolph are among some of the most notable quilters from Gee's Bend. Many of the residents in the community can trace their ancestry back to enslaved people from the Pettway Plantation.[1] Arlonzia Pettway can recall her grandmother's stories of her ancestors, specifically of Dinah Miller, who was brought to the United States by slave ship in 1859.[2]...(more)

[malaise]

4. She does keep up with others

so that's possible. Still, I'ii send her this link as well