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
2. Quiltmaking Teachers: Piecing a Career at the Intersection of Learning and Leisure Open Access Author: Newton, Rhonda Ruth Title: Quiltmaking Teachers: Piecing a Career at the Intersection of Learning and Leisure Graduate Program: Adult Education Keywords: adult educationactor-network theoryrecreation specializationcommunities of practiceleisure studiesquiltingquiltmakingnonformal educationcredentialing File: Download Newton_-_Final_-_Fall_2018.pdf Committee Members: Robin Redmon Wright, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorRobin Redmon Wright, Committee Chair/Co-ChairAnn Louise Swartz, Committee MemberAnne Ayer Verplanck, Committee MemberCareen Yarnal, Outside Member
