Women and Early Sewing Machines

The stigma and judgement that women faced in workhouses working on sewing machines: https://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage-antique-machine-enthusiasts-f22/cleaning-repairing-shellac-clear-coat-vintage-sewing-machine-heads-t193635.html

Early Sewing Machines: discussions of Power, Privilege, and Oppression

https://www.questia.com/magazine/1G1-95206653/sewing-machines-liberation-or-drudgery-for-women

https://www.questia.com/read/102448439/the-culture-of-sewing-gender-consumption-and-home