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Legal name: Obenchain, Eliza Calvert
Other names: Obenchain, Eliza Caroline (married)
Birthdate: 1856-02-11
Date of death: 1935-12-20
Gender: female
Occupations: teacher
novelist
women's rights activist
short story writer
Organizations: Kentucky Equal Rights Association (president)
Short biography: Eliza Calvert, known as "Lida," was born in western Kentucky and worked as a teacher before marriage in 1885. She took the pen name Eliza Calvert Hall in honor of her grandmother, for her works such as Aunt Jane of Kentucky (1908). She was an active participant in the women's suffrage movement, serving as president of the Kentucky Equal Rights Association, and fought in particular for a woman's right to make her own will. She produced pamphlets for the cause under her married name of Mrs. Lida Calvert Obenchain.
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
Places of residence: Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
Dallas, Texas, USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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raizel 1,750 reviews

A quilter's wisdom : conversations with Aunt Jane by Calvert Hall

An introduction gives the history of the book and its author. Quilting is seen as a metaphor for life: You are handed the pieces but it's up to you to put them together well and pleasingly. Your works will outlast you.
A story about colluding to give a prize to a luckless quilter is included.
Apparently, the book was written in dialect (like Huck Finn?) and this version of an excerpt has been "softened" to be more readable.
The illustrations of quilt patterns and more are colorful, helpful, show more and enhance the book. show less

Jul 13, 2011

Baxtergirl 38 reviews

A Book of Hand Woven Coverlets by Eliza Calvert Hall