{"id":11797,"date":"2020-01-27T12:09:39","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T20:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/?p=11797"},"modified":"2020-03-08T08:42:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T15:42:37","slug":"behind-the-archives-door-series-stitching-a-living-sewing-rooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/behind-the-archives-door-series-stitching-a-living-sewing-rooms\/","title":{"rendered":"CANCELLED (To be Rescheduled): Stitching a Living \u2013 The WPA Sewing Rooms: Local artist and historian Nancy Brones will share her journey of research and discovery associated with the creation of her book, March 12, 2020, 4-5pm, Archives Seminar Room, Collins Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Behind the Archives Door Series is pleased to support Women\u2019s History Month:<\/em><\/p>\n

During the Great Depression of the 1930s, sewing rooms, established by President Franklin Roosevelt\u2019s New Deal in the Works Progress Administration Women\u2019s and Professional Projects Division became life sustaining work for women.\u00a0\u00a0The sewing rooms became the backbone of the division. The sewing rooms were the largest employer in the New Deal–56% of all women working for the WPA were employed in the sewing room projects.\u00a0 Sewing rooms were the largest non-construction project in the WPA, accounting for more than 7% of the total WPA activity.\u00a0 The WPA and the sewing rooms were disbanded in 1943, ending a successful and popular program that gave women not only the means to provide for themselves and their families, but also skills, camaraderie, and a sense of self worth. <\/span><\/p>\n

Nancy\u2019s extensive research about women and the impact of the sewing rooms has been beautifully translated to her stitched fabric book filled with embroidery floss, silk and metallic threads and vintage quilt pieces.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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