Mary E. Black | |
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| Born | Mary Ellouise Black September 18, 1895 |
| Died | February 11, 1988 (aged 92) |
| Occupation(s) | weaver, author, occupational therapist |
| Employer(s) | Nova Scotia Department of Industry and Publicity (later Trade and Industry) |
| Known for | master weaver who promoted textile crafts in Nova Scotia |
| Website | https://archives.novascotia.ca/black |
Mary Ellouise Black (September 18, 1895 – February 11, 1988), an occupational therapist, teacher, master weaver and writer, created almost single-handedly a renaissance in crafts in Nova Scotia in the 1940s and 1950s.[1] Her best-known book, The Key to Weaving, was published in 1945 and has since run to three editions and numerous printings. Its clarity is without parallel, and more than half a century later it remains a handweaver's prime source of information.