Our Girl History
History of clothing and sewing. Essays on cultural issues (racism, sexism, etc) surrounding textile production and manufacturing throughout history.
Recent posts
- Thoughts on Mask Making
- Incentivising BIPOC Historical and Material Culture Research in Grad School
- A Pair of WWI-era “Womanalls”
- Four Iterations of a Summer Dress: A Post About Process
- Online Resources for 1910s and 1920s Dressmaking
- Some Advice from an Old Homeschooler
- UPCOMING CLASS: Textile Research Methods at Marshfield School of Weaving
- An Outfit’s Worth of History: Presenting My Mill Girl Wardrobe
- “Milled Fit for Trowsers”: Toward a Fuller[‘s] Understanding of Cloth Finishing in the Mid-Atlantic from 1790 to 1830
- Pilgrim Princess, or a Union Suit for a Mill Girl