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Quilts from the Second World War tell the Stories of the Canadian Women who Sewed Them

Quilts from the Second World War tell the Stories of the Canadian Women who Sewed Them

by Joanna Dermenjian | Mar 4, 2023 | Article, History, Research

Republished from THE CONVERSATION, February 2023 – Dr. Irene Gammel and Joanna Dermenjian In 1992, in Esher Library southwest of London, England, Josephine Andrews and her mother, Christine, collected blankets to donate to Kurdish refugees of the Gulf War. Among...

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