Harriet Powers
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican quilter (1837-1910)
Harriet Powers was an American folk artist and quilter born into slavery in rural northeast Georgia. Powers used traditional appliqué techniques to make quilts that expressed local legends, Bible stories, and astronomical events. Powers married young and had a large family.
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Harriet Powers Bible Quilt, 1885-1886
Pictorial quilt, Mixed Media. 1898
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery Historical Marker
Ribbon wreath at Harriet Powers grave site. Laid Oct 31 2010.
Harriet and Armstead Powers headstone front side, dedicated December 2, 2023.
Harriet and Armstead Powers headstone back side of memorial.Awards 1
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Alma ThomasAlso won Georgia Women of Achievement
Helen Dortch LongstreetAlso won Georgia Women of Achievement
Lillian Gordy CarterAlso won Georgia Women of Achievement
Lillian SmithAlso won Georgia Women of Achievement
Leila DenmarkAlso won Georgia Women of Achievement
Susie TaylorAlso won Georgia Women of AchievementAbout this person
Harriet Powers was an American folk artist and quilter born into slavery in rural northeast Georgia. Powers used traditional appliqué techniques to make quilts that expressed local legends, Bible stories, and astronomical events. Powers married young and had a large family. After the American Civil War and emancipation, she and her husband became landowners by the 1880s, but lost their land due to financial problems.
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