seamstress
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She traces her relationship with making clothes back to being the eldest child of a seamstress.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
As more women took traditional corporate jobs outside the home, schools eliminated home-economics programs, which were a steppingstone to becoming a professional tailor or seamstress.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
Welsh described Hogg as a "punk-rock Paisley seamstress".
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
The son of a seamstress and a mechanic, Wirun was a straight-A student who studied at one of Thailand's top medical schools.
From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025
Fannie reported that her younger daughters attended school that year, that she was a widow and mother of four, and that she worked as a seamstress.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
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