Books to learn about the history of knitting, embroidery and the political context in which this traditionally âwomenâs workâ is placed
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Many Hands Make A Quilt: Short Histories of Radical Quilting
Jess Bailey
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World
Virginia Postrel
Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times
Elizabeth Wayland Barber
With Her Own Hands: Women Weaving Their Stories
Nicole Nehrig
Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater
Peggy Orenstein
Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle
Clare Hunter
The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History
Kassia St. Clair
Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool
Clara Parkes
Women's Work: From Feminine Arts to Feminist Art
Ferren Gipson
Subversive Stitch, The: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine
Rozsika Parker
Unravelling Women's Art
P.L. Henderson
How to Be a Craftivist: The Art of Gentle Protest
Sarah P. Corbett
The Story of Art Without Men
Katy Hessel
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