The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast · The History Chicks | QCODE
Grandma Moses
·2 hr 7 min·5 clips
It wasn't until her late 70s when arthritis made needlework too painful that she rediscovered her childhood love of painting and created the style that would make her famous.
As heard by us
A farm-bound life becomes a clear, human portrait of rural work and family.
Grandma Moses comes through here less as a folk-art icon than as someone formed by farm work, family labor, and rural routine. The focus on tenant farming, childbearing, preserves, county fairs, and the work that kept a household running gives the story a grounded, human scale.
Why you'd press play
You want a woman's life story rooted on family farms in upstate New York, with preserves, butter, and a little dry humor.
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