Summarize the author’s intentions in writing “fabric of their lives.”
wallach wrote to convey—through the history of their quilting—the societal changes undergone by the african american women in the south, and how their history influenced the construction and the design of the quilts. wallach wrote to express her sense of outrage at the poverty and lack of opportunity experienced by the african american women in the town of gee’s bend, alabama.
wallach wrote to establish a historical record of the artform of african american quilts made in the south.
wallach wrote to give her support to the civil rights movement through eyewitness accounts and detailed descriptions of vernacular art.

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