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Article: Political quilts; and other expressions of women's suffrage ... on display near San Jose. (De Anza College; California History Center; Euphrat Gallery)
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- March 1, 1987
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Political quilts
Teas and quilting bees can serve as politicalforums just as well as smoke-filled rooms. Exhibits and special events at Cupertino's De Anza College this month offer convincing evidence.
Through March 13, artifacts and photographson display at the California History Center chart the struggle of California women to win the right to vote. Printed materials convey the rhetoric of the movement, while household items of the day recreate the environment that was considered women's proper domain. A photograph depicts a genteel gathering of Victorian-era ladies plotting strategy for the suffrage movement over tea.
At the nearby Euphrat ...