[Jacob-list] Book about history of spinning

[Susan J Martin]

Just an FYI for all you spinners -- the book Spinning and Sex certainly sounds interesting, although I haven't read it.  Click on the web address below for more information - the Huntingdon County History Society is offering this book for sale.  Huntingdon County is located in the central mountains of Pennsylvania......the town of Huntingdon is the home of Juniata College.  The paragraph below the website is copied from the website.
Sue 
Stonecroft

http://www.huntingdonhistory.org/publications.htm

Spinning and Sex is an illustrated book with an unlikely title. How do these two go together? Dr. Robert Wagoner, Philosophy professor emeritus from Juniata College, has put into book form his collection of 18th and 19th century prints which take us from drop spindles, before the invention of spinning wheels through to the mechanization of spinning. He also describes the role of the woman in production (of yarn) and reproduction. The 103 page soft-cover book (8 ½" X 11") published in 2011 by the Huntingdon County Historical Society, features 80 large reproductions, all relevant to spinning. In his commentaries. The book is a fascinating look at women, at spinning, and at the role of women in earlier Europe. Pictures are featured in full color, in sepia and in black and white. 
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