45 - Women's Craft Changing the World
There are many quilters in my family. They may not tell the family history through their patterns, but their passion brings the quilts to the forefront as artistry, skills, and gifts to others. This craft became a strong story that I felt compelled to bring to this story of women's history. It is passion. It is community. It is our world to be shared by all. The crafts of women, rooted in the survival of their communities and families, have created a cultural symbol protecting people and history. The art of quilting is more than just a home skill to be a historical keeper or unifying tool for a community. In my research of New Mexico, I advocated to find a woman that led through the “Walk of the Navajo”. The records, especially of woman, are very limited until you reach into the history of alternative sources, in this case the legacies memorialized in Susan Hudson’s quilts. A member of the Kin Yaa aanii (Towering House People) Clan of the Navajo Nation, her grandmother and mot...