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A New Deal for Quilts - Smucker, Janneken
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"During the Roosevelt administration's efforts to combat the Great Depression, the quilt became an emblem for how to lift one's family out of poverty, piece by piece. A New Deal for Quilts explores how the U.S. government drew on quilts and quilt-making, encouraging Americans to create quilts individually and collectively in response to unemployment, displacement, and recovery efforts. Quilters shared their perspectives on New Deal programs such as the Tennessee Valley Authority and the National Recovery Administration, ...

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A New Deal for Quilts 2023, International Quilt Museum University of Lincoln-Nebraska

ISBN-13: 9781735278452

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