Grant Recipient
American Girl, 22”, c. 1938-1942, Milwaukee Handicraft Project, courtesy of the collection of Charles Waisbren, MD
Craft Research Fund—Project Grant
2020
Support for the research of Allison Robinson, PhD candidate in History, University of Chicago (expected graduation June 2020) regarding her dissertation, “The Political Biography of Dolls: Pedagogy and Reform through WPA Programming," which investigates government intervention in labor and public education through the production of handicraft dolls.
Location
Philadelphia, PA
EDUCATION
University of Chicago
SPECIALIZATION
Institution
Grant amount
$8,500
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