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COUNCIL OF EVERYDAY PEOPLE: WOMEN’S WORK

 

Sandy's Dress

Sandy’s Dress, 2012

BUREAU of CHANGE assembled our first Council of Everyday People, Women’s Work, as a dinner party in suburban home outside of Kansas City.

A multi-generational group of professionals such as a Vice President, a retired nurse, a print shop owner, and a junior marketing associate spoke about gender-based discrepancies they perceive in workplace expectations, treatment and pay. After dinner, BUREAU of CHANGE engaged the Council to design alterations  to American Apparel shirts, shorts, dresses, dog sweaters and baby clothes. Most could not sew, so we found a volunteer from the Johnson County, Kansas “Stitch and Bitch” club to assemble the designs.

Audio recording of the Council’s deliberations on the status of women in the labor force is available and includes personal experiences and observations, as well as sidebars such as whether they could eat the pie yet.