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"Make It Yourself"
by Sarah Gordon
Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890–1930
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
"Sewed Considerable": Home Sewing and the Meanings of Women's Domestic Work
"Boundless Possibilities"
"When Mother Lets Us Sew": Girls, Sewing, and Femininity
Commodifying "Domestic Virtues": Business and Home Sewing
Clothing for Sport: Home Sewing as a Laboratory for New Standards
Epilogue
Interviews
Susan Sews a Skirt: slideshow
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