Events Sewing Son Women 
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
APRIL 3, 2013
Learning to sew takes time and equipment. A super short history of sewing. Back in the 19th century, the occupation of seamstress was one of the few open to women. In many parts of the US, people learned to sew as part of their life skills – from parents or family or schools. Clothing is cheap, sewing is not.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MARCH 31, 2014
We took Home Economics (translate that to cooking and sewing class) instead of shop. In many countries, women’s rights were pretty non-existent. Cultural and historical mores allowed encouraged men to beat their wives, sell women for sex, marry off their daughters as children or just flat out get rid of the female babies.
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