About this Product
Tea coy with hand embroidered portrait of Mary Putnam Jacobi.
Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi (1842-1906) was born in London, but her family moved back to NYC when she was six. As a teenager she studied medicine with Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female to earn a medical degree in the US. She received her first medical degree in 1864, and a second degree from the École de Médecine of the University of Paris in 1871. She entered into private practice upon her return to the US. In 1873 she married fellow physician Abraham Jacobi and they had three children, of which Marjorie Jacobi McAneny was the only one to survive to adulthood. Mary was a suffragists and advocated for women’s health and greater educational opportunities for girls and women. (Suggested reading: The Cure for Women: Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi and the Challenge to Victorian Medicine That Changed Women's Lives Forever by Lydia Reeder.)
Tea cozy fits most standard tea pots and is roughly 10" x 13" (26 mm x 33 mm). Most materials are 100% cotton. Vintage backing fabric is a poly-cotton blend. Hand embroidered portrait. Machine sewn/quilted tea cozy. Do not microwave. Spot clean recommended. Hand wash only as needed. Mug pictured is not included.
Pattern design by Patricia F. (Tisha) Dolton, aprilsongstress designs - aprilsongstress.com - © 2022-2025
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Meet the Maker
Tisha Dolton is a librarian, public historian, singer and embroidery artist specializing in the women's suffrage movement. She creates original patterns and hand embroiders portraits of suffragists and other inspirational people, mainly women.
How it’s Made
Pattern drawn by me using paper and marker, then hand embroidered by me. My mother sewed it into a machine quilted tea cozy. Biography researched and written by me.
