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Works Cited - A Quilt

"19th Amendment." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2010. Web. 06 Dec. 2014.

"19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to Vote (1920)." Our Documents. Our Documents, n.d. Web. 04 Dec. 2014.

Aldrich, Margret, and Whitney Otto. This Old Quilt: A Heartwarming Celebration of Quilts and Quilting Memories. Stillwater, MN: Voyageur, 2001. Google Books. Web. 30 Oct. 2014.

Allen, Christopher. "Battle of Shiloh: The Devil's Own Day." Historynet. World History Group, 12 June 2006. Web. 06 Dec. 2014.

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Family Story - A Quilt

In an interview with Martha’s great-grandson James Grauerholz of Lawrence, Kansas, he mentioned that sewing was a family affair and a shared love, passed on through generations. In fact, Martha’s granddaughter and James’ mother, Selda Paulk Grauerholz, treasured Martha’s quilt and was key to the quilt’s arrival at the Kansas State Historic Textile Museum. An avid collector of vintage clothing and sewing materials, Selda was the unofficial historical object “go-to” person in her hometown of Coffeyville, Kansas.

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Reading the Quilt

A large image of the quilt

Martha’s Quilt

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Cultural Context - A Quilt

Martha and Seldon Paulk circa 1924 with two of their grandchildren, Emerine and Sam Alan Knight. Image from  Greta Schmidt Perleberg’s blog.
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