Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences
Early Correspondence School Textbook
405 Aprons and Caps
1922 Edition
This book is one of a large series of correspondence school
textbooks starting in 1916 and going into the late 1920s. These
fantastic sewing books were published by the Woman's Institute of
Domestic Arts & Sciences founded by Mary Brooks Picken. Mary Brooks
Picken was the most prolific sewing teacher and writer of all time. In
addition to this series she also wrote the best how to sew guide book
produced by Singer. All told she wrote 96 books on sewing. She also
taught "Economics of Fashion" at Columbia University.
Each
Woman's Institute Book is a small 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 Inch booklet. This is
dated 1922. It is 52 pages long. The condition is fine with all the
pages tight in the binding. are tight in the binding.