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Whether an informal gathering of friends & neighbors or an organized effort for a charitable cause, these circles were a community environment where women could get work done while chatting, gossiping, and/or discussing politics. Members of a small town in crisis grapple with long-simmering tensions at a meeting of their monthly sewing circle. These could be women’s personal projects, such as a basket of mending, or it could be a group effort, such as collaborating on a quilt.