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How 'women's work' skills shaped a career in tech

Original: everything i know about tech i owe it to the skills i learned from "women’s work": # sewing # patchwork # embroidery # b

A technology professional says everything she knows about tech comes from skills traditionally labelled 'women's work' — sewing, patchwork, embroidery and beading — linking the patience and precision these crafts require to modern engineering. She urges that children be taught how women's craft work underpinned milestones like NASA's history, pointing to the female pioneers behind early rocketry and computing.

Why now: Ongoing interest in recognising women's overlooked contributions to technology and space history

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• everything i know about tech i owe it to the skills i learned from "women’s work": # sewing # patchwork # embroidery # beading . let’s make sure the chitlins learn about how without women’s work there is no # NASA » NASA's Female Pioneers - Rocket Women From History You Should… · blogdiva · 117

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