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Adult Lecture Series: “Spinning Toward Revolution: Growing Flax & Processing Linen in New England, 1764-1775
Beginning in earnest in 1764, the importance of growing flax and processing linen in New England was one important element of revolutionary opposition to imported English textiles. Dr. Alexander will focus on […]
Adult Lecture Series: Laying their Hands to the Spindle: Women’s Spinning Protests, 1768-1770
Women, Spinning, and Resistance: Stacey Fraser In the years leading up to the American Revolution, New England women played an important role in resisting British policies through their everyday lives […]
