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Author: Marla R. Miller
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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
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