An unusually creative honouring of the 19th Amendment's centennial -- it was ratified 18 August 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 inspiring artworks reflect the long and continuing fight for equal rights for all. Introductions summarise the history of womens suffrage, an even more complicated subject than you might think, then dozens of art 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 recognised 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.

Book Information
ISBN 9780764359170
Author Sandra Sider
Format Hardback
Page Count 96
Imprint Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Publisher Schiffer Publishing Ltd