Title: Make it yourself
First published: 2008
Description: "Through home sewing, Sarah A. Gordon examines domestic labor, marketing practices, changing standards of feminity and understanding of class, gender, and race from 1890 to 1930. As ready -made garments became increasingly available due to industrialization, many women, out of necessity or choice, continued to make their own clothing ... The shifting meanings of sewing formed a contested space in which businesses promoted sewing machines as tools for maintaining domestic harmony, women interpreted patterns to suit -or flout- definitions of appropriate appearances, and girls were taught to sew in ways that reflected beliefs about class, race, and region."
Subjects: History, Home economics, Sewing, Sex role, Social life and customs, Women, united states, social conditions, Women, employment, united states, Home labor, Dressmaking, Costume, united states
Places: United States
Time periods: 19th century, 20th century
LC classification: TT715 .G67 2008