Know My Name - How Schoolgirl Samplers Created a Remarkable History with Alexandra Peters
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To accompany the opening of their newest exhibit, With Their Busy Needles: Samplers and the Girls Who Made Them, The Litchfield Historical Society was delighted to welcome guest curator, Alexandra Peters, for a lecture title “Know My Name: How Schoolgirl Samplers Created a Remarkable History” on Sunday, May 5th at 3:00 p.m. at the Litchfield History Museum.
The power of the needle wielded by girls in the creation of samplers has often been overlooked in early American history. Revolutions were taking place, abolitionists were fighting slavery, and literate schoolgirls were sewing thousands of samplers that were meant to show off their accomplishments. The samplers they stitched, often strikingly beautiful, give us a surprising way to look into the lives of these girls, their families and the changing world around them.
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The mission of the Litchfield Historical Society is to illuminate the rich and nationally-significant history of Litchfield, enabling each of us to construct meaning from the past for the present and future. Located in Litchfield, Connecticut, we are home to the Litchfield History Museum and the Tapping Reeve House and the Litchfield Law School, America’s first law school.
I had the opportunity to visit today and see these samplers in person. What a fantastic collection from both Alexandra and the Litchfield Historical Society.
As an avid sampler lover and stitcher I’m so grateful to have the opportunity to hear this lecture! Not everyone can travel to sampler symposiums unfortunately.
Thanks for watching!
This was a very interesting review of women’s needlework. I took up needlework in my twenties when I was laid up several months by an accident. It was engaging and brought out my creativity. Weaving and beadwork are other forms of women’s art and are still popular today. Beadwork is highly collectible too, although identifying the maker is difficult. Thank you for sharing your considerable knowledge!
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Phenomenal info & collection. Thank you so much for sharing
This was a great seminar on American girl samplers. I most appreciated the back drop and insight into the lives of these girls and women ad how misunderstood or misrepresented they were. There is certainly a great sense of freedom to be engrossed in fine needlework. There is also much to be said about their ability to understand , follow charts and more importantly the creativity to deviate and design their own personality into their work. Thank you for sharing your samplers and research.
Samplers are a wealth of information into not just the lives of their makers, but those around them. Thanks for watching!
I love what you said about "understanding, following charts, and the creativity to deviate and design their own personality into their work". Great way to put it. And thank you for listening. Alexandra
So enjoyed your lecture on samplers. I’m an avid stitcher and I have quite a few antiques as well. Thanks for making this available to everyone
So glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks so much for sharing this through youtube. I went to see Alexandra's exhibit when it was at the Sharon Historical Society, and I'm so happy to hear more details and history about these samplers.
Hope you can visit us in Litchfield as well! Thank for watching!
You have done a great job highlighting women's history. I am involved in a small historical Park in California. It's difficult to find things to put in our museum that highlight women.
Thanks for watching. It can be hard work, but so worthwhile to find these stories. Good luck at your musuem!
Thank you for offering this presentation to the public, it was very interesting
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching
Thank you for listening!
A delightful and informative lecture.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you, very informative
Thank you. My sister went to Emma Willard in Troy, NY. I will have to find out more about the samplers. So enjoyed.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Yes, please let me know if you find out anything more!
Wonderful presentation! Is there a way to see more of the Sarah Samson Sampler or has it been reproduced? Henry was my 9th great grandfather and I would love to find out more about this special piece!
Hi Tania, the Samson sampler is currently on display at the Litchfield Historical Society in Litchfield, CT. If you are unable to visit in person, we do have copies of the exhibit catalog for sale online. Follow the link in the video description to order. Thanks for watching!
great and informative. I learned so much!
she should do a college lecture
Alexandra gives an amazing talk!
@@giantsequoias1788 Thank you so much! I had a lot of fun doing this!
I wish organizations that post these videos would indicate their location. There are 13 Litchfields and 1 Lietchfield in the US.
Connecticut
We have our location and lots of information about us in the video description. Hope you can visit us soon!
Smart, knowledgeable, articulate and fun.
There is an aspect to sewing that was not necessarily engrossing or rewarding. Everything made of fabric had to be hand stitched and then mended endlessly. There is a famous story of Charlotte Brontë having to do her creative writing after spending the day as a governess and evenings doing the household sewing and mending. Writing time was from midnight to 3am.
Sewing’s skills were essentially required for every women. We find it so rewarding today in part because we choose it not because it is an obligation. Perhaps a more balanced approach to how women felt about the sewing portion of their lives is warranted.
Fabulous presentation. Would like to hear more!
Stay tuned, we are working on plans for more in the fall
This was so, SO interesting. 🪡