The New Deal included more than just public works projects, it also included quilts. In this episode, we talk with historian and podcaster Janneken Smucker about how rural electrification influenced quilting, TVA quilts, and the New Deal's spirit of experimentation. Learn more about Janneken at Janneken.org, where you can access a website devoted to her recent book, A New Deal for Quilts. Janneken is also the host of Running Stitch, a QSOS Podcast, which draws on an archive of oral histories with quiltmakers, discussing the cultural history and contemporary quilt scene with guests.

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