Emily Clare, lacemaker
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Description: Photo and historical background of victorian era lacemaker.
In Victorian times, working class women often earned extra money for the household by making goods at home that could then be sold to travelling agents. It meant they could do the work in between looking after the children and keeping an eye on the cooking pot. In Buckinghamshire one of the commonest crafts was lacemaking. In Willen in 1881, Emily Clare was one of only four women earning money in this way, Sarah Fields and Diana and Emma Markham were the other three. Twenty years before there had been 11 lacemakers in the village, including two girls of 11 and 13. However, it was not uncommon for girls to start lacemaking as early as 3 or 4.
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