Frances Louisa Goodrich 1856-1944

[North Carolina?]: Privately Printed, 1944. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Introduction by Chauncy W. Goodrich. 44pp. Printed wrappers. Wraps coming unglued from text block, small soil mark on rear wrap, very good. Includes an essay "Miss Goodrich and Women's Movements" by Mrs. Gordon Packer, and tributes by Edith Lawrence, F. F. Dodd, and more. Goodrich was a pioneer in western North Carolina in reviving the traditional mountain hand skills and the author of *Mountain Spun: The Crafts and People of the Southern Appalachians.* She also founded Allanstand Cottage Industries in North Carolina that promoted the revival of Appalachian handicrafts.