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Viola Canady
1922–2009
United States
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Biography
Viola Canady (November 3, 1922 – March 21, 2009) was an African American quiltmaker. Canady discovered her passion for quilting through exposure to its processes as a child. She was the co-founder of the Daughters of Dorcas and Sons Quilting Guild of Washington, D.C. Canady created a wall hanging for the Charles Sumner school and it is exhibited at the Sumner museum.
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