Word: seamstresses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...smack blandly of fantasy, but his harsh beginnings have the bite of realism. Like all Alger heroes, Frank Manton is first and last a survivor in a tough world - a world, Alger makes protestingly plain, of child labor, a world in which a wom an working as a seamstress might earn as little...
...from the old stereotype of the dowdy, pennywise seamstress, today's home sewer is youthful and fashion-hungry. The average age of the Ms. who makes her own clothes has dropped in the past few years from 47 to 23. Surveys show that 85% of all teen-age girls now sew. Many of them, like Sharon Sikora of Oak Lawn, Ill., do so for the obvious reason: "I want clothes that are different." Home economics classes, long known for their "horrible aprons and dumb blouses" (as one graduate put it), now feature smarter getups, from pantsuits to prom gowns...