Women in the 1930s had very little say in what they could do with their lives. They were expected to get married, have children, take care of their parents. They were givers. The only power they could yield was through gossip, policing each other in case one of them dared step outside the boundaries set by the patriarchy. Violet is a 38 year old woman, single and without any real prospect for happiness as defined by those boundaries. She relocates away from her suffocating, tyrant […]
How to use your embroidery needle as a weapon in the war against the status quo
A single thread by Tracy Chevalier