Sharon MacDonald

A cultural and social historian, Sharon MacDonald has written on women’s organizational culture and volunteer labour in Nova Scotia. Work on quilt and hooked mat history and her interest in social issues has led in un­expected ways to more transnational research, which culminated in a study on women associated with Gandhi and the Indian indepen­dence movement. Interest in the Bell Club originated when invited to produce an essay for club members upon the occasion of their 100^th anniversary.