Sewing project in Eaton   Save
Ohio Guide Photographs
Description: Original description reads: "Preble County, Eaton, Ohio, Sept. 11, 1936. Sewing Project." Unidentified women work on a sewing project through the Works Progress Administration in Eaton, Ohio. Most women involved in WPA projects were part of sewing projects, like the one seen here. Women made up around fifteen to twenty percent of WPA-participants and almost every single one of them was involved in a sewing project of some sort. Most women at that time were still sewing by hand, so they received training in using sewing machines. Once they became skilled enough with the machines, they made clothing, bedding and supplies for hospitals and orphanages. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F01_022_001
Subjects: Women--Societies and clubs; Sewing; Sewing machines; Sewing--1930-1940; Dresses; Sewing--United States--History--20th century; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Eaton (Ohio); Preble County (Ohio)