Historical Belle | Making a 1912 Suffragist Dress on an Antique Sewing Machine @HistoricalBelle | Uploaded October 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Earlier this year I made a 1912 dress with Butterick retro pattern B6093 themed for the American Suffrage Movement. The 1910's were a HUGE time for the American Suffrage Movement. From the 1913 Women's Procession in Washington D.C. and then the start of WWI where women showed the country just how valuable they are.
I had been wanting to make a Suffragist dress for quite some time. I had meant to make it in 2020, but then only got the sash done, so here we are 4 years later, in another election year, and the time felt right. I led a suffrage station during a homeschool day at my old job which gave me a good deadline to get the dress done by.
I made this dress out of white bedsheets and white was the main color suffragists wore. It stood out well in Black and white photographs, provided a unified look, and combated unfeminine stereotypes they were up against.
I Made a "Votes for Women" Suffragist Sash: youtube.com/watch?v=BBsr097U1ng&t
Voter Resources and Helpful Links:
eac.gov/voters/voter-resources-helpful-links
Did You Know? Suffragist vs. Suffragette:
nps.gov/articles/suffragistvssuffragette.htm#:~:text=In%20the%20United%20States%2C%20however,America%20the%20right%20to%20vote.
Suffs the Musical:
suffsmusical.com
Singer Sewing Machine Serial Number Decoder:
serial-number-decoder.com/singer-sewing-machines/singer-sewing-machines.htm
The Women's Suffrage Procession of 1913:
nps.gov/articles/woman-suffrage-procession1913.htm
The History behind JD Vance’s “Childless Cat Lady” Comment
npr.org/2024/07/29/nx-s1-5055616/jd-vance-childless-cat-lady-history
Women’s Suffrage and the Cat:
nps.gov/articles/womens-suffrage-and-the-cat.htm#:~:text=Cats%20were%20more%20often%20used,cats)%20were%20incapable%20of%20voting
Ancient Egypt to Taylor Swift: The Historic roots of the “cat lady”:
bbc.com/culture/article/20220225-the-batman-the-ancient-roots-of-catwoman
Earlier this year I made a 1912 dress with Butterick retro pattern B6093 themed for the American Suffrage Movement. The 1910's were a HUGE time for the American Suffrage Movement. From the 1913 Women's Procession in Washington D.C. and then the start of WWI where women showed the country just how valuable they are.
I had been wanting to make a Suffragist dress for quite some time. I had meant to make it in 2020, but then only got the sash done, so here we are 4 years later, in another election year, and the time felt right. I led a suffrage station during a homeschool day at my old job which gave me a good deadline to get the dress done by.
I made this dress out of white bedsheets and white was the main color suffragists wore. It stood out well in Black and white photographs, provided a unified look, and combated unfeminine stereotypes they were up against.
I Made a "Votes for Women" Suffragist Sash: youtube.com/watch?v=BBsr097U1ng&t
Voter Resources and Helpful Links:
eac.gov/voters/voter-resources-helpful-links
Did You Know? Suffragist vs. Suffragette:
nps.gov/articles/suffragistvssuffragette.htm#:~:text=In%20the%20United%20States%2C%20however,America%20the%20right%20to%20vote.
Suffs the Musical:
suffsmusical.com
Singer Sewing Machine Serial Number Decoder:
serial-number-decoder.com/singer-sewing-machines/singer-sewing-machines.htm
The Women's Suffrage Procession of 1913:
nps.gov/articles/woman-suffrage-procession1913.htm
The History behind JD Vance’s “Childless Cat Lady” Comment
npr.org/2024/07/29/nx-s1-5055616/jd-vance-childless-cat-lady-history
Women’s Suffrage and the Cat:
nps.gov/articles/womens-suffrage-and-the-cat.htm#:~:text=Cats%20were%20more%20often%20used,cats)%20were%20incapable%20of%20voting
Ancient Egypt to Taylor Swift: The Historic roots of the “cat lady”:
bbc.com/culture/article/20220225-the-batman-the-ancient-roots-of-catwoman
