| Marie Webster was a leader of the quilt revival of the early 20th century. She wrote the first book of quilt history, Quilts: Their Story and How to Make Them, published in 1915, and was known world-wide for her innovative appliqué quilt designs, which appeared in leading magazines like the Ladies Home Journal. A pioneering woman entrepreneur, Marie Webster conducted a thriving mail-order quilt pattern business from her home in Marion between 1911 and 1942. Marie Webster’s house has been designated as a National Historic Landmark, the highest honor bestowed by the National Park Service on America’s most treasured historic and cultural resources. |
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| The significance of the house was officially recognized in 1992 when it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is also been designated a Landmark of Women's History and declared a National Historic Landmark by the National Park Service, the only one which honors a quilt maker! |
