This silk quilt, known as The Crusade Quilt, holds more than 3000 signatures from an Ohio community of women advocating temperance in the early days of the WCTU. The quilt was presented to Eliza Thompson, one of the WCTU’s founding mothers. Quilt Courtesy of Frances E. Willard Archives; Image Courtesy of Julie Silber, The Quilt Complex

Title: 
The Crusade Quilt
Maker: 
Ohio WCTU members
1876
Made in
Hillsboro
Ohio
United States