[1][2] Elizabeth Caldwell was born near Chester, South Carolina, where her family lived as sharecroppers on the Blackstock Plantation, on the land where her grandparents had been enslaved.

[8] In Baltimore, Elizabeth Talford Scott www.elizabethtalfordscott.com toiled long hours as a domestic worker, a hired caregiver for other people's children, and a cook, and stopped quilting from around 1940-1970.

Upon her retirement, Talford Scott took up quilting again and soon developed her unique style that expanded upon the traditional strip piecing she had learned from her family.

[9] In addition to piecework, these new quilts often incorporated embroidery, appliqué, beadwork, sequins, plastic netting, and found objects such as stones, buttons, and shells.

[10] Her quilts evolved into dense compositions, often abstract and asymmetrical, with references to family rituals, personal stories, and the rural environment of her childhood.

Since 2019, the Estate of Elizabeth Talford Scott has been managed by Goya Contemporary gallery (www.goyacontemporary.com)in Baltimore, MD, under the direction of Amy Eva Raehse.