1. Pedagogies of Historical and Contemporary American Sewing Circles Open Access Author: Sapelly, Laura Elizabeth Title: Pedagogies of Historical and Contemporary American Sewing Circles Graduate Program: Art Education Keywords: sewing circleunited statesquiltingsewingknittingtemperanceabolitioncivil war19th centuryintergenerationalquilting beeknitting groupsanitary commissionactivismtextile activismembroiderysamplercolonial new englandantebellumanti-slaveryneedleworksocial practicephiladelphia female antislavery societyUS Historyhand sewinghand quiltingteachingtransformative learning theoryeveryday ordinary aestheticsliving aestheticsinterracialrepublican motherhoodcult of true womanhoodcult of domesticityunderground railroadcontraband relief associationslave quiltingauthenticityhouse slavesgendered task assignmentslave seamstressself-actualizationactivist sewing circlefriendship quiltsamerican revolutionsoldiers aid societyelizabeth keckleyWCTUcrusade quilt File: Download LauraSapellyDissertation.pdf Committee Members: Yvonne Madelaine Gaudelius, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
