Praxis at Work

For women living in the 1830s, or for Elizabeth Tyra '14 this summer, preparing wool yarn with which to make clothing was and is a complicated, multi-step process taking several days of carding, spinning, washing, dying, and drying. Tyra and Cynthia Brown '13J experienced first-hand the life of early 19th-century New England villagers as Praxis interns at Old Sturbridge Village, where they portrayed characters for visitors to the living history museum.