The Needle's Eye: Women and Work in the Age of Revolution
Part II: Chapter 3, Needlework of the Rural Gentry: The World of Elizabeth Porter Phelps
Contents
- The Needle's Eye: Women and Work in the Age of Revolution [full book]
- Cover, Contents, List of Illustrations, Acknowledgements, Introduction: Early American Artisanry: Why Gender Matters
- Part I: Chapter 1, Clothing and Consumers in Rural New England, 1760-1810
- Part I: Chapter 2, Needle Trades in New England, 1760-1810
- » Part II: Chapter 3, Needlework of the Rural Gentry: The World of Elizabeth Porter Phelps
- Part II: Chapter 4, Family, Community, and Informal Work in the Needle Trades: The Worlds of Easter Fairchild Newton and Tryphena Newton Cooke
- Part II: Chapter 5, Family, Artisanry, and Craft Tradition: The Worlds of Tabitha Clark Smith and Rebecca Dickinson
- Part II: Chapter 6, Gender, Artisanry and Craft Tradition: The World of Catherine Phelps Parsons
- Part III, Chapter 7: Women's Artisanal Work in the Changing New England Marketplace
- Part III, Conclusion: The Romance of Old Clothes
- Abbreviations, Notes, and Index
Download
Email