Marie D. (Marie Daugherty) Webster

Born in 1859 and living until 1956, Marie Daugherty Webster is remembered as an important early voice in the American quilting revival. She was known not only as a designer and lecturer, but also as a businesswoman who helped popularize quilting through patterns, finished work, and writing.

Her most famous book, Quilts: Their Story and How to Make Them, became especially influential because it treated quilts as both beautiful handmade objects and pieces of cultural history. That blend of instruction and storytelling helped introduce many readers to quilting as an art with a long American tradition.

Webster's legacy reaches beyond her own designs. She helped preserve interest in quiltmaking at a time when that history could easily have been overlooked, and her work is still associated with the craft's revival in the early 20th century.