Feminist icon cross-stitch / by Anna Fleiss and Lauren Mancuso.

Title:

Feminist icon cross-stitch : 30 daring designs to celebrate strong women

Thirty daring designs to celebrate strong women

Author:

Fleiss, Anna,

Additional Author(s):

Mancuso, Lauren,

ISBN:

9780762462902

0762462906

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Info:

Philadelphia :

Description:

120 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm

Contents:

Cross-stitch basics -- Patterns : the women -- Cleopatra -- Queen Elizabeth I -- Abigail Adams -- Sojourner Truth -- Susan B. Anthony -- Marie Curie -- Virginia Woolf -- Eleanor Roosevelt -- Amelia Earhart -- Frida Kahlo -- Simone de Beauvoir -- Betty Friedan -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- Gloria Steinem -- Rosie the riveter -- Billie Jean King -- Hillary Rodham Clinton -- Michelle Obama -- Beyoncé -- Malala Yousafzai -- Patterns : the words.

Summary:

Trailblazing women take center stage in Feminist Icon Cross-Stitch, a collection of stylish patterns and capsule biographies that celebrates some of our favorite lady heroes. Feminism is back in the spotlight, and powerful women, from Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Malala Yousafzai to Gloria Steinem and Michelle Obama, have inspired a whole new generation to smash the patriarchy. With an introduction on the rise of modern feminism, and instructions on the basics of cross-stitch, this book features patterns for embroidering twenty iconic women -- like suffragette Susan B. Anthony, author Virginia Woolf, political icon Hillary Rodham Clinton, and pop superstar Beyoncé -- and ten empowering feminist sayings. This charming book gives today's nasty women everything they need to begin crafting hip, feminist works of art.

General Note:

Includes index.

Subject(s):

Cross-stitch.

Women in art.

Feminists -- Miscellanea.

Feminism -- Miscellanea.

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Summary

Trailblazing women take center stage in Feminist Icon Cross-Stitch , a collection of stylish patterns and capsule biographies that celebrates some of our favorite lady heroes.

Feminism is back in the spotlight, and powerful women, from Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Malala Yousafzai to Gloria Steinem and Michelle Obama, have inspired a whole new generation to smash the patriarchy.

With an introduction on the rise of modern feminism, and instructions on the basics of cross-stitch, this book features patterns for embroidering twenty iconic women -- like suffragette Susan B. Anthony, author Virginia Woolf, political icon Hillary Rodham Clinton, and pop superstar BeyoncÃ©- and ten empowering feminist sayings. This charming book gives today's nasty women everything they need to begin crafting hip, feminist works of art.

Author Notes

Lauren Mancuso is a writer, editor, and researcher living in Philadelphia. She has a Master's in Bioethics and a BA in Cognitive Science from the University of Pennsylvania.

Anna Fleiss is a digital media specialist living in LA. She has a BA in Visual Media Studies from Emerson College, and has been nominated for an Emmy award for her reality television work.