| Book Review | Indiana Magazine of History, 100.1

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Ohio is My Dwelling Place: Schoolgirl Embroideries, 1800–1850

By Sue Studebaker

(Athens: Ohio University Press, 2002. Pp. xxvi, 310. Maps, illustrations, [appendices], notes, bibliography, index. Clothbound, $70.00; paperbound, $34.95.)

For much of the nation's past, needlework has been an integral part of women's lives. Women used needlework as a way to tell stories, to highlight what was important to them, and to reveal their aesthetic sensibilities and technical prowess. Samplers, a particularly popular form of needlework during the early nineteenth century, are the focus of Ohio is My Dwelling Place. Like all documents, samplers can be looked at in many different ways. On a visual level they can be appreciated for their use of color, design, skill, and composition. As heirlooms, they are treasures valued for family ties, for a link to the past, and for their relative scarcity. As social documents, samplers provide information on opportunities available to young women and on the wider cultural environment at a particular point in time. Sue Studebaker, a needlework connoisseur and researcher, provides a peek into the needlework creations of Ohio's young pioneer women.

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