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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GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado ” The Glenwood Sewing Center has been around the block, so to speak. In business for more than 30 years, it has been in its current location in downtown Glenwood Springs ...