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Harris, Mary – 1997
Common Threads was the name of an exhibition that drew together a number of views on mathematics and displayed them operating in the activity deemed most devoid of them. It demonstrated and challenged both gender stereotypes with its evidence that needlework is full of mathematics. This book tries to place Common Threads and its influence within…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnicity, Females