American inventor of a sewing machine in 1846, which "changed the habits of millions of housewives throughout the world."(1)One hundred years later, I doubt there was an American home that didn't have a sewing machine.
Nearly two-hundred years later... . Heck. There are no more housewives, considerably fewer homemakers. And sewing machines? The
(1) Mary E. Hazeltine. Anniversaries and Holidays: A Calendar of Days and How to Observe Them. American Library Association, Chicago. 1965.
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