Spinning a Revolution: How Women and Textiles Helped American Independence!

Did you know that women and the production of textiles played an important part in the American Revolution? Let's explore the history of the Homespun Movement, when women helped to support the colonists to win the Revolution via the production of textiles and spinning fibers! This is such an interesting topic, and a lot of fun to research--so excited to share my findings with you! Thanks to Tiffany @StitchinAddiction for joining me for the conversation! Resources: The Age of Homespun: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-age-of-homespun-objects-and-stories-in-the-creation-of-an-american-myth-laurel-thatcher-ulrich/690704bb1f461d54?ean=9780679766445&next=t Further reading: - https://www.masshist.org/database/viewer.php?item_id=390&pid=2 - https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/discover/resource-hub/trend-tradition-magazine/trend-tradition-spring-2018/made-in-american/ - https://www.frauncestavernmuseum.org/homespun - https://www.historicsmithfield.org/textiles - https://www.nps.gov/lowe/learn/photosmultimedia/early_american.htm Socials: Follow me on Instagram 📷: https://www.instagram.com/fantasticalfolliescostuming/ Support this channel by buying me a coffee 🧡☕: https://ko-fi.com/fantasticalfollies Come join our Discord! 🌟: https://discord.gg/ASvmwNqQY6 Sound effects by Zapsplat: https://www.zapsplat.com/ Chapters: 00:00 Spinning a Revolution 01:11 Homespun History 03:32 The Homespun Movement 08:46 Diving deeper (with friends!)