There are rare records of women’s voices in the 17th and 18th centuries, especially ordinary middle and lower class women. An exhibition at the University of Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum is ...
A circa 1825 sampler made by Ann E. Kelly at Leah Maguire's school in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Kelly Marshall Most 19th-century schoolmistresses are long forgotten, but Leah Maguire of ...
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Reporter David Medcalf spoke to costume and needlework specialist Clodagh Grubb McCormick. She told him how she spent last year's lockdown at home in Kilcoole writing a book that details the tradition ...
Historic samplers stitched by South County schoolgirls more than 200 years ago are now on display at Hopkinton’s 1790 Meeting ...
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