Frazier, Virginia Lane (1921–2012)

Virginia Lane Frazier was one of the first Black US Army’s Women’s Corps (WAC) soldiers to enlist in Minnesota during World War II. She served with the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, a unit made up entirely of Black women that was stationed in England between February and November of 1945. The battalion won praise for clearing a backlog of mail that provided solace to American soldiers in combat.

Henrietta Barclay Paist

Henrietta Barclay Paist

Henrietta Barclay Paist, ca. 1895–1899.

Gratia Alta Countryman at a luncheon

Gratia Alta Countryman at a luncheon

Gratia Alta Countryman (left) and an unidentified woman at a luncheon, March 20, 1936.

Dakota lace makers in Morton

Dakota lace makers in Morton

Dakota lace makers display their work at a photography studio in Morton, Minnesota (Birch Coulee), ca. 1900. Pictured are (left to right): Mary Wabasha, Lucy Thomas, Amelia St. Clair, Julia Jones, Julia Lawrence, and Hanna Wells. Collection III.40.102, Minnesota Historical Society.

Dakota lace makers, including Maggie Whipple

Dakota lace makers, including Maggie Whipple

Dakota lace makers from Birch Coulee, including Maggie Whipple, display their work at a photography studio in Morton, Minnesota, ca. 1900. Collection III.40.101, Minnesota Historical Society.

Mrs. Hibbard, Almeda St. Clair, Susan Salisbury, and Jeanette Crooks Campbell

Mrs. Hibbard, Almeda St. Clair, Susan Salisbury, and Jeanette Crooks Campbell

Mrs. Hibbard, Almeda St. Clair, Susan Salisbury, and Jeanette Crooks Campbell display lace made at the Redwood Mission (Birch Coulee), ca. 1900. Not available in Collections Online; photograph N4.4 r40, Minnesota Historical Society.

Emma Good Thunder and Jeanette Crooks

Emma Good Thunder and Jeanette Crooks

Emma Good Thunder (left) and Jeanette Crooks (right) working on needlework and bobbin lace, respectively, at the Redwood Agency (Birch Coulee), ca. 1900.

Lace bobbins

Lace bobbins

Set of twenty-six lace bobbins, used ca. 1890s–1910s. The Dakota women who made lace at the Redwood Mission (Birch Coulee) as part of Sybil Carter's Indian Lace Association used bobbins of this kind.

Dakota lace makers with Sybil Carter

Dakota lace makers with Sybil Carter

Dakota lace makers with Sybil Carter, ca. 1905.

Bobbin-lace table mat

Bobbin-lace table mat

Bobbin-lace table mat made with linen thread, ca. 1890s–1910s.

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