Women's Gold Tapestry, Art

Title

Women's Gold Tapestry, Art

Creator

Mackintosh, Eve

Carpenter, Carol

Merrill, Geraldine

Gottschalk, Betsey

Commemorates

Chipeta

Cabrini, Mother Frances

Pellet, Elizabeth Fyre

Little, Olga Schaaf

Brown, Clara

Jack, Captain Ellen

Brico, Antonia

Gallegos De Salazar, Dona Genoveva

Sabin, Dr. Florence Rena

Tammen, Agnes Reid

Griffith, Emily

Chase, Mary Coyle

Bonfils, Helen Gilmer

Long, Mary Elitch

Jacobs, Frances Wisebart

Crawford, Margaret

Silverheels

Mackintosh, Patricia

Biographical Text

Embroidery and applique 9x12 foot tapestry. Features depictions of historical women and natural elements. created in 1976 by Eva Mackintosh, Carol Carpenter, Geraldine Merrill and Betsey Gottschalk.

The tapestry is located at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver, CO. The work was erected in honor of Colorado women, and includes representations of nineteen different historical woman of the state throughout the piece. The tapestry is titled "Women's Gold," after the practice of women bringing flowers and herbs from the east to their homes in the west for planting. Harison's Yellow Rose, a popular flower for this endeavor was referred to as, "women's gold" and is featured throughout the tapestry. Other elements include plants and wildlife native to Colorado and a running river, representative of Clear Creek, where gold was found in 1859.

Along the sides and top border of the tapestry are embroidered words of the poem, "America the Beautiful" by Katharine Lee Bates. Along the bottom border is an embroidered statement written by Mackintosh's son, Todd who was 15 at the time.

The tapestry not only honors the past, but looks toward the future, with the inclusion of a date range; 1876-2076. The first date acknowledges the year Colorado became a state, while the second prompts viewers to look toward the future of the state, in imaging what legacies of women will have developed and transpired over the next 100 years.

Text

Oh Beautiful For Spacious Skies For Amber Waves of Grain

For Purple Mountain Majesties Above The Fruited Plain

America America God Shed His Grace on Thee

Their Heritage Gives Colorado Women Faith in the Future

1876-2076

Women's Gold

Date Created

1976

Type

English Display

Bibliographic Citation

Tapestry Tells History of Women in Colorado, Front Range Community College

Connecting Colorado Women in Thread, History Colorado

Project Researcher

O'Neill, Iris