Women Sewing Throughout History- in Pictures

I came across this post on About.com entitled, "Quilting and Sewing are a part of Women's History". I fell in love with the photo of the women's sewing class in 1899 and decided to share them all here. Enjoy!

 Original Singer sewing machine, built in 1854




Singer sewing machine, 1860, the sewing machine is sitting on a crate labeled Singer's Patent Sewing Machines




Two sisters sewing, 1865





Victorian couple with sewing machine, c. 1865




Young women sewing by hand and with sewing machines, taken in 1899 at the Agricultural and Mechanical College in Greensboro, NC.




Singer Treadle sewing machine





Portrait of Woman Sewing




Woman sewing on an electric sewing machine, 1925





Quilter and her grandson working on a quilt in Oklahoma, 1936




 Husband watching his wife laying out applique pieces




Embroidered Quilt with quiltmaker, Mrs. Bill Stang of Pie Town, NM, c. 1940, 48 blocks for the 48 states at the time




Woman piecing a Lone Star Quilt, c. 1942





Mother and Daughter sewing together, c. 1949




Child sewing on a toy sewing machine, c. 1945







 Lone Star Quilt at the Pennsylvania Dutch Fair in Hershey, 1955


This image was not part of the post but it's one of my favorite vintage sewing pictures.
Lucille Ball on I Love Lucy, from the episode "Lucy Wants New Furniture".


I have this picture framed in my sewing closet. This is pretty much how I feel every time I sit down to my machine.