Lucy T. Pettway

Lucy T. Pettway (1921–2004) was an American artist. She is associated with the Gee's Bend quilting collective. Her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Frist Art Museum, and is included in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Life Lucy T. Pettway was the fourth of 14 children born to Mary Ann and Tom O. Pettway. She farmed on her family's property and spent the rest of her life primarily farming and quilting. Her family's farm harvested common crops like cotton, corn, peas, peanuts, sugarcane, and millet (sorghum). Much like her father's assistant, Lucy was a reliable farmhand, doing work like plowing that the other girls were not allowed to do.