"make It Yourself": Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890-1930 by Sarah Gordon

"make It Yourself": Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890-1930

Gutenberg-e

Sarah Gordon

188 pages missing pub info (editions)

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Through home sewing, Sarah A. Gordon examines domestic labor, marketing practices, changing standards of femininity, and understandings of class, gender, and race from 1890 to 1930. As ready-made garments became increasingly available due to indus...

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