Civil War women : their quilts, their roles, activities for re-enactors

Format:

Book

Title:

Civil War women : their quilts, their roles, activities for re-enactors

Author:

Brackman, Barbara author

ISBN:

9781571201041

Publication:

Lafayette, California : C & T Publishing, [2000]

Physical Description:

128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Contents:

Remembering Lucy Stone and other women lecturers ; Activities for re-enactors: Give a speech and ask people to sign a petition ; Project: Warrior eagle -- Remembering Susie King Taylor and other freedwomen ; Activity for re-enactors: Put on a quilting party ; Project: Tobacco worm (Feathered star) -- Remembering Julia Louisa Lovejoy and other newspaper correspondents ; Activity for re-enactors: Interview the soldiers ; Project: Kansas troubles -- Remembering Bursheba Fristoe Younger and other refugees ; Activity for re-enactors: Make a tobacco bag for a soldier ; Project: Doggy mountain -- Remembering Hannah Ropes and other nurses ; Activity for re-enactors: Collect signatures for an album quilt ; Project: Free-state album -- Remembering Bell Edmondson and other Confederate spies ; Activity for re-enactors: Smuggle contraband sewing goods ; Project: Seven sisters -- Remembering Dolly Lunt Burge and other plantation owners ; Activity for re-enactors: Stage a bazaar ; Project: Democrat rose -- Remembering Babe Sims and other government clerks ; Activity for re-enactors: Make a sweetheart flag ; Project: Jeff Davis's daughter -- Remembering Rachel Cormany and other soldiers' wives ; Activity for re-enactors: Write letters home for soldiers ; Project: Union cradle quilt -- To read more in their own words.

Summary:

The author introduces nine women who lived in the Civil War era, and for each includes quilt designs of the time that they might actually have stitched. Suggested activities for reenactors and an extensive bibliography of original source materials make this book of interest not only to quilters but also for American history buffs.

Subject(s):

Women -- United States -- Biography.

Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.

Women -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.

Historical reenactments -- United States.

Quilts -- United States -- History -- 19th century.

Quilting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.

Geographic Term:

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.

United States.

Genre:

collective biographies.

handbooks.

manuals (instructional materials)

Biographies.

Handbooks and manuals.

History.

Holds:

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... McMinnville Public Library	746.46 Brackman	Searching... Unknown

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Important Note about PRINT ON DEMAND Editions: You are purchasing a print on demand edition of this book. This book is printed individually on uncoated (non-glossy) paper with the best quality printers available. The printing quality of this copy will vary from the original offset printing edition and may look more saturated. The information presented in this version is the same as the latest edition. Any pattern pullouts have been separated and presented as single pages. If the pullout patterns are missing, please contact c&t publishing.

Author Notes

Barbara Brackman specializes in writing about American quilts and other folk arts. She is the author of several books about quilting. Barbara is a contributing editor at Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, a researcher for the Kansas Museum of History, and honorary quilt curator for the Spencer Museum of Art. She has served as consultant to many state quilt projects. Barbara resides in Lawrence, Kansas.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

Library Journal Review

Brackman's second book on quilting and the Civil War (after Quilts from the Civil War) introduces the reader to nine women who lived in that era and for each includes quilt designs of the time that they might actually have stitched. Suggested activities for reenactors and an extensive bibliography of original source materials make this book of interest not only to quilters but also for American history and American studies collections in public libraries. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.