"Dr. Anna Templeton and Her Legacy "

Anna Templeton is perhaps best known today for the craft centre named in her honour in downtown St. John’s. Yet this centre—and, in fact, Newfoundland’s modern crafting scene—would not exist as it does today without the woman herself. Anna Templeton was a pioneer of the province’s cottage craft indu...

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Main Author: Power, Ellen
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2019
Subjects:
Crafts
People
Templeton
Anna
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_other/id/153
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:ich_other/153 2023-12-31T10:17:05+01:00 "Dr. Anna Templeton and Her Legacy " Power, Ellen Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador—St. John's 2019-09-01 application/pdf http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_other/id/153 eng eng Intangible Cultural Heritage Ephemera Collection http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_other/id/153 Heritage NL Fieldnotes Series, 006 Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory Crafts People Templeton Anna Text 2019 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:40Z Anna Templeton is perhaps best known today for the craft centre named in her honour in downtown St. John’s. Yet this centre—and, in fact, Newfoundland’s modern crafting scene—would not exist as it does today without the woman herself. Anna Templeton was a pioneer of the province’s cottage craft industry. Through her work with the Jubilee Guilds and the Department of Education, Templeton made craftwork accessible and profitable for women across rural Newfoundland. In doing so, she empowered these women to learn rewarding new skills, gain personal confidence and earn their own income in an era when ‘women’s work’ in outports was often restricted to unpaid household labour. Text Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description Anna Templeton is perhaps best known today for the craft centre named in her honour in downtown St. John’s. Yet this centre—and, in fact, Newfoundland’s modern crafting scene—would not exist as it does today without the woman herself. Anna Templeton was a pioneer of the province’s cottage craft industry. Through her work with the Jubilee Guilds and the Department of Education, Templeton made craftwork accessible and profitable for women across rural Newfoundland. In doing so, she empowered these women to learn rewarding new skills, gain personal confidence and earn their own income in an era when ‘women’s work’ in outports was often restricted to unpaid household labour.
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