photo of five women around a table knitting and sewing
Credit: PANL, photo number VA 5 6/5-4.

Picture Three

A Women's Craft Group

Sewing and craft groups were formed for the women who came to live in Markland. The people who ran Markland hoped that these women would learn to sew and knit. They wanted to make sure that women could make most of the clothes their families needed.