"Make It Yourself"

by Sarah A. Gordon

Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890–1930

Miss Leah Pitts, ca. 1905

Miss Leah Pitts, ca. 1905

Leah Pitts was a seamstress and surely made the stylish skirt and shirtwaist in this portrait.

Courtesy, Georgia Archives, Vanishing Georgia Collection, jon115.