Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times by Elizabeth Wayland Barber

Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times

Elizabeth Wayland Barber with Donna Postel (Narrator)

8 hours, 57 minutes first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history challenging informative slow-paced
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This book is ideal for readers fascinated by untold historical narratives that explore the intersection of gender, labor, and cultural evolution through the lens of everyday craftsmanship.

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New discoveries about the textile arts reveal women's unexpectedly influential role in ancient societies.Twenty thousand years ago, women were making and wearing the first clothing created from spun fibers. In fact, right up to the Industrial Revo...

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