I have made small red crosses using embroidery threads. They are influenced by work by Hannah Lamb and Lynn Setterington. I used the symbol in earlier work during this course in which I explored my mothers life from 1936 to 1946 (10 years to 20 years of age). During this period she did well at school, trained to be a nurse, won medals and met her husband to be who reputedly said “there will be no marriage if Sheila doesn’t stop working”.

Work from previous term 
Re worked red cross on cotton twill 
Worked on bandage
Even now there are men with loud voices who think we women should get back into the kitchen and not have access to maternity rights.