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Elizabeth Throckmorton's Sampler, 1804
At school, most girls sewed samplers to learn to read, write, and reason. Needlework also provided a valuable skill that gave women and girls a way to make a living. A seamstress could operate an independent business from her home. Women valued this work because it was safer than working in another person's home or business. Elizabeth Throckmorton was 10 when she made this sampler. |