June patch: She will Provide

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June patch: She will Provide

£8.00

Trust in God, She will Provide is attributed to Emmeline Pankhurst.

I like this quote because it highlights some of the contrasts between social norms in the early twentieth century and today, while simultaneously conjuring a sense of inevitability in the roles many women fill.

It reflects on the visibility of moral or religious positions in social campaigning, war and the policing of women’s bodies (Repeal the 8th, Pro Life / Pro Choice, Christian CND among others).

The dominant He remains - He has never crossed over to She in popular Christian teaching.

And She does Provide, continuously; working, arranging the childcare, doing the majority of unpaid domestic labour; mostly keeping the cogs turning...

14 cm in length, each patch is unique, embroidered with one multicoloured thread by Lace Market Embroidery in Nottingham.

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To mark the centenary of the first women being given the vote in the U.K, I created a sew-on patch each month of 2018, marking a different element of this historic achievement. 30% of sales went to 3 charities working with women and gender equality: Bradford Women’s Aid, Birthrights and Gendered Intelligence.