Bets Ramsey has had a decades-long, distinguished career in the quilt world in many roles as a curator, educator, historian, writer, project director, organization founder, and award-winning fiber artist. She was the founder and director of the Southern Quilt Symposium, a founding member of the American Quilt Study Group, and the co-director of the Tennessee Quilt Survey. She has authored numerous articles and books on quilting and other subjects and was the creator and writer for a long-running quilt column in The Chattanooga Times. Her body of work has had profound regional and national impact on how and what we know about quilts. In 2005, Bets Ramsey was inducted into the Quilters Hall of Fame.