Marjory Carter, who I mentioned as my Bucks point tutor, had been a maths teacher in a grammar school, until she retired. She learned her lace from a lady with whom she lodged when she was training as a teacher. I started to take courses with her in 1980, so I guess she would have retired in 1975 after 40years of teaching. These dates are guesses, but cannot be far out, I hope.
Sent from my iPad > On 19 May 2018, at 17:50, Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Friends > > Both Devon and Alex Stillwell have pointed out to me that some of the > finest lacemakers are mathematicians and computer engineers. It makes > intuitive sense. > I have a math learning disability so I wouldn't be able to follow more than > superficially, but allowing for that, does anyone have any anecdotes or > observations that would be good to know about? > > I ought to mention that poor old Bobby is endlessly queried -- tacitly as > well as openly -- if he is gay. One of the themes I am exploring is what > appears to be the problem of Bobby's masculinity. Knowing something about > math/IT lacemakers (if there were in the 1980s, mind you), would be an > interesting wrinkle since in the United States, math and computers are > coded as masculine activities. > > (The latter is not a universal gender-category. In Iran, for example, math > and engineering are distinctly *not* coded as masculine.) > > Sharon > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected]. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
