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Gordo’s father was a dishwasher and cook; his mother was a seamstress in a factory that used to be across from City Hall.
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Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
Instead, the boycott coalesced around Rosa Parks (soprano Jacqueline Echols), a light-skinned seamstress respected by Black and white Montgomery residents alike.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2025
His mother was a seamstress, whose deceased first husband had been a sign painter; Whitten inherited his tools.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 May 2025
Sergio Trujillo’s staging and choreography in these classic musical comedy numbers keep the show aloft, none so stunning as when the seamstresses, suffering from the stifling heat, decide to strip to their undergarments for their own comfort.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 28 Apr. 2025
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Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
Instead, the boycott coalesced around Rosa Parks (soprano Jacqueline Echols), a light-skinned seamstress respected by Black and white Montgomery residents alike.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2025
His mother was a seamstress, whose deceased first husband had been a sign painter; Whitten inherited his tools.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 May 2025
Sergio Trujillo’s staging and choreography in these classic musical comedy numbers keep the show aloft, none so stunning as when the seamstresses, suffering from the stifling heat, decide to strip to their undergarments for their own comfort.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Seamstress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seamstress. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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seamstress
noun
seam·stress
ˈsēm(p)-strəs 
: a woman who sews especially for a living
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