Estelle Witherspoon
Estelle Abrams Witherspoon (January 20, 1916 – December 24, 1998)[1] was an American artist, civil rights activist, and a founding member and longtime manager of the Freedom Quilting Bee. She is also associated with the Gee's Bend quilting group, alongside her mother, Willie "Ma Willie" Abrams.[2][3][4][5]
Biography
Estelle Witherspoon is the only daughter of “Ma” Willie Abrams. Estelle is one of the founding members, of the Freedom Quilting Bee, and was its spokesperson and manager since its inception. Estelle's extensive background in civil rights activism includes working to achieve voting rights, and later working as a poll worker. Furthermore, she participated in the march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965, alongside Lucy Mingo.[6] She was also arrested in 1971 for participating in an un-permitted march for school desegregation.[3][7][8]
Exhibitions
- "Living Legacies: Art of the African American South." Toledo Museum of Art. January 15th to May 1st, 2022.[3]
- "Radical Tradition: American Quilts and Social Change." Toledo Museum of Art. November 21st, 2020 to February 14th, 2021.[3]
References
- ^ "Freedom Quilting Bee: Estelle Witherspoon Obituary". www.ruraldevelopment.org. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
- ^ Callahan, Nancy (2005-04-17). The Freedom Quilting Bee: Folk Art and the Civil Rights Movement. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817352479.
- ^ a b c d "Estelle Witherspoon | Souls Grown Deep Foundation". www.soulsgrowndeep.org. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
- ^ Glanton, Dahleen (1997-11-11). "NURTURED BY THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, THE ONCE-THRIVING FREEDOM QUILTING BEE NOW IS COMING APART AT THE SEAMS". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
- ^ Callahan, Nancy (2015-04-24). "Freedom Quilting Bee". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
- ^ Beardsley, John; Arnett, William; Arnett, Paul; Livingston, Jane (2002). Gee's Bend: The Women and Their Quilts. Tinwood Books. p. 33. ISBN 9780971910409.
- ^ Callahan, Nancy (1987). The Freedom Quilting Bee. Tuscaloosa, Ala: University of Alabama Press. pp. 217–218, 228, 231. ISBN 978-0-8173-0310-5.
- ^ Beardsley, John (2002). Gee's Bend: The WOmen and their Quilts. Tinwood Books Atlanta: Tinwood Books. ISBN 0-9719104-0-5.
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- Willie Abrams
- Annie Bendolph
- Louisiana Bendolph
- Mary Lee Bendolph
- Agatha Bennett
- Amelia Bennett
- Delia Bennett
- Linda Diane Bennett
- Loretta Pettway Bennett
- Mary L. Bennett
- Polly Bennett
- Emma Lee Pettway Campbell
- Minder Coleman
- Minnie Sue Coleman
- Rachel Carey George
- Gloria Hoppins
- Ella Mae Irby
- Mary Elizabeth Kennedy
- Nettie Jane Kennedy
- Lucy Mingo
- Lottie Mooney
- Lucy Mooney
- Flora Moore
- Aolar Mosely
- Addie Pearl Nicholson
- Mertlene Perkins
- Arcola Pettway
- Annie Bell Pettway
- Annie E. Pettway
- Arlonzia Pettway
- Candis Pettway
- Edwina Pettway
- Henrietta Pettway
- Jessie T. Pettway
- Lola Pettway
- Loretta Pettway
- Louella Pettway
- Lucy T. Pettway
- Lutisha Pettway
- Martha Jane Pettway
- Mensie Lee Pettway
- Pearlie Kennedy Pettway
- Qunnie Pettway
- Sally Mae Pettway
- Bettie Bendolph Seltzer
- Sue Willie Seltzer
- Florine Smith
- Geraldine Westbrook
- Andrea Williams
- Irene Williams
- Nell Hall Williams
- Patty Ann Williams
- Magalene Wilson
- Estelle Witherspoon
- Annie Mae Young
- Deborah Pettway Young
- Nettie Young
- Stichin' and Pullin': A Gee's Bend Quilt by Patricia McKissack
- Leaving Gee's Bend by Irene Latham
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