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These photos tell the story of how the sewing machine and the camera became powerful tools for women's self-expression

and where the industry is heading next

Madison Smartt Bell

Bus Boycott Heroines tea towel Yvadney-Davis and honestlyAnd you thought Rosa Parks was the only bus boycott heroine? Her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott when she refused to give her seat up to whites certainly earned her the honour of "the first lady of civil rights", but other women were prepared to take a stand too. Parks' move sparked the boycott, but there was concern that her case would become ensnared in the courts of the state of Alabama. So Mary Louise Smith, Aurelia Browder, Claudette