Disabled Women of Color Quilt designed and made by Corbett Joan O'Toole

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DISABLED WOMEN OF COLOR QUILT Description Side One : Brightly colored Kente patterns with images of disabled women of color; Audre Lorde, writer; Tammy Duckworth, Congresswoman; Kathy Martinez, Assistant Secretary of US Dept. of Labor; Alana Wallace, choreographer; Gloria Anzaldua, writer; Wilma Mankiller, Chief, Cherokee Nation; Amy Tan, writer and Barbara Jordan, Congresswoman. Side Two: Browns, tans and black with African landscape and graphics Care: Washable, all cotton: fabric, thread, and batting Size: 60” x 88” Got questions? I will do my best to answer them as quickly as possible! Thank you. All proceeds from this sale go to the Society for Disability Studies (SDS) conference scholarships for people of color with disabilities. About the quilter: Corbett Joan O'Toole is an internationally recognized leader on transgressive voices within disability particularly disabled women. An internet search will give you a detailed insight into her works and writings. “I really loved working on it. I loved thinking about each woman, what she contributed to the world, how we are all blessed by her work. I loved selecting just the right fabrics to go around her face and finding interesting panels to go between the women. I chose the village as the center panel and realized I did it unconsciously but it holds all my values - running read more